From: kunglao@prairienet.org (Gilligan) Subject: Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 8 Sep 1997 20:41:27 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <34148C7D.C56DB127.cygnus.gnu-win32@prairienet.org> References: <9709062000.AA13274@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: GNU Win 32 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Marty Leisner wrote: > > In message <340F262A.EE4DEA75@prairienet.org>, you write: > >I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19? It's the only thing > >Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages. > > How would chroot work (except within a process)? > > marty One way could be to temporarily remap the mount table to adjust where / is. Then, of course, it'd have to remap it to what it was before at the program's exit. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".