From: kunglao AT prairienet DOT org (Gilligan)
Subject: Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19?
8 Sep 1997 20:41:27 -0700
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Marty Leisner wrote:
> 
> In message <340F262A DOT EE4DEA75 AT prairienet DOT 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.
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