Re: [uml-devel] add chroot/setuid to uml (was: bug report)

[Goetz B. <bo...@bl...>]

On Mon, Jun 23 '03 at 13:49, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > > Start as root
> > > chroot()
> > > setgid
> > > setuid
> > > run UML
> >
> > It might be nice if UML could do the chroot/setuid itself if started as
> > root, after opening its files.  This way, ubd devices and such could be kept
> > outside the chroot.
> 
> Of course, that breaks reboots.
That would be _SO_ nice.

I would love to trim down my start script to monitor the
uml instance for existance and restart it from outside the chroot (in
case of a reboot) if required, instead of binding all required stuff
into the chroot (and try to unbind it after the uml finished).
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