> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of JohnS > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 12:30 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] /bin/su wont work inside a chroot? > > > On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 16:20 +0000, Dave Miller wrote: > > Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at ...> writes: > > > > > > > > On centos 4 (i386 chroot on an x86_64) it just prompts me > for a password. > > > > > > Any suggesstion on where to start looking? > > > > > > -- > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > - - > > > - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - > > > - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - > > > - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - > > > - - > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. > > > > > > > Just as a guess, you need to have an appropriate sudoers > file in the Curious, I am trying to use su not sudo... > > correct location relative to the chrooted root. Pulling some > > information from one of your follow up posts, that would be: > > > > /var/mnt/192.168.1.52/etc/sudoers > > > > Once you chroot, programs look for files in their normal > locations but > > relative to whatever the new root is. > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > --- > Or be dirty and symlink it out to the main root > /etc/sudoers...of which may create your security problem in > present.....tense [root at devserver21 etc]# cat sudoers # sudoers file. # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # Defaults specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL # Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL # Same thing without a password # %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL # Samples # %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom # %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now [root at devserver21 etc]# sudo su -l apache failed to get default context [root at devserver21 etc]# sudo su apache failed to get default context [root at devserver21 etc]# sudo [root at devserver21 etc]# -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.