Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Installing into a 32-bit chroot?

[Peter Humphrey]

Tres Melton wrote:

> Somewhere in this thread is the mention of ssh to run a 32 bit program.
> That is a poor solution in my opinion.  The suggestion was made to mount
> the /tmp dirs and other things and I do this at boot.  Further I have
> written a program that will allow any user (approved by the sudoers file
> in the chroot and the regular root) to run any program from wherever
> they are without the headache of becoming root, etc..  Here ya go:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> #  Written and Copyright by Tres Melton (2005)
> #
> #  Run a 32 bit program from 64 bit space
> #
> #       If parameters given then execute the command instead of /bin/bash
> #       If no parameters then create a new 32 bit chroot jail shell
> #
>
> JAIL_DIR="/mnt/sdb3/Gentoo-32"
>
> if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
>   echo "Starting 32 bit shell..."
>   /bin/linux32 sudo chroot ${JAIL_DIR} /usr/bin/sudo -u "#${UID}" bash -c "( cd ~ ; /bin/bash )"
> else
>   echo "Starting a 32 bit shell to run \"$*\""
>   /bin/linux32 sudo chroot ${JAIL_DIR} /usr/bin/sudo -u "#${UID}" bash -c "( cd ~ ; $* )"
> fi
>
> Hope that helps some.  Regards,

Certainly does - thanks Tres.

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Peter Humphrey
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