Bug 123292

Summary:	Security Handbook Chroot rewrite
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Chris White (RETIRED) <chriswhite>
Component:	Other documents	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	shindo
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml?part=1&chap=11
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	shb-chroot.xml shb-chroot.diff

Description Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-18 09:22:33 UTC

The security handbook chroot guide (/doc/en/security/shb-chroot.xml) tries to  use bash to explain the workings of chrooting a service.  While it's a nice intro to chrooting in general, it doesn't really touch the nitty gritty of getting services chroot'ed.  This rewrite uses a real life example service (The monkeyd webserver) to explain how to setup the chroot'ed environment.  I think it meets the purposes of the document a tad better. For those of you that REALLY want it, I'm attaching a diff ;p.

Comment 1 Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-18 09:23:21 UTC

Created attachment 80110 [details]
shb-chroot.xml

The rewritten guide.

Comment 2 Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-18 09:23:52 UTC

Created attachment 80111 [details, diff]
shb-chroot.diff

A diff against the original guide.

Comment 3 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-02-12 22:00:50 UTC

Docs-team: it's been awhile on this bug. I'm willing to add it to the guide; not a hard commit. However, do you guys think a full-up example is necessary, or is our existing minimal chroot stuff sufficient?

Comment 4 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-04 05:45:26 UTC

Right, timing out, no response in 5 months since my last query, no response in over a year. The example package in question isn't available for many arches, much less marked stable.

Too bad this became one of those bugs that just becomes irrelevant after awhile. One less thing to worry about. Closing.