Thanks to everybody for the help! I've got the syntax I was looking
for. It seems my new root system wasn't able to locate a shell, so it
got kicked back to the old root; hence no success.
I'm going to look into sash just for curiosity--sounds too cool.
Mario
Doumbeck1@aol.com wrote:
>chroot can be used for that or something that sounds like that....
>
>What I use chroot the most for is for compiling software in an isolated
>environment...environment being the key...
>
>You can set-up a complete other installation of linux in another directory or
>device, and chroot into it....its own different kernel, its own /proc...its
>own everything if you so desire...
>
>when you chroot you are issuing a command in the chrooted environment and
>exiting as soon as its done...to have a shell in the chroot you chroot option
>option /bin/bash --login or something similar...using logout to exit the
>chroot...
>
>I don't even know if I am helping you here so I will shut up now.
>
>Scot Mc Pherson
>
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