07-13-2008
Clarification
Ok
-Logged in as me (my user), i can do what i want and it all works fine (with permissions)
-Logged in as me (my user), all editing programs work fine (vi, emacs, pico,etc)
-Logged in as me (my user), the sudo works fine-i can sudo a command and it will work fine
However:
-Logged in AS ROOT, pico, nano, and emacs don't work :
Error opening terminal: network.
-Logged in AS ROOT, vi works after displaying this message:
E558: Terminal entry not found in terminfo
'network' not known. Available builtin terminals are:
builtin_ansi
builtin_xterm
builtin_iris-ansi
builtin_dumb
defaulting to 'ansi'
-Logged in AS ROOT, man works after displaying this message:
Computer:~ root# man who
WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
- (press RETURN)
Hopefully this is clearer.
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adt-virt-chroot
adt-virt-chroot(1) Linux Programmer's Manual adt-virt-chroot(1)
NAME
adt-virt-chroot - autopkgtest virtualisation server using a chroot
SYNOPSYS
adt-virt-chroot [options] =[chroot-name]
adt-virt-chroot [options] [-rgain-root-cmd] /path/to/chroot
DESCRIPTION
adt-virt-chroot provides an autopkgtest virtualisation server using a chroot install (or similar).
Normally adt-virt-chroot will be invoked by adt-run.
The chroot to use must be specified. If it starts with a = character then it is taken to be a chroot name known to dchroot(8). Otherwise
it must start with a / and will be taken to an absolute path.
OPTIONS
--gain-root|-r gain-root-cmd
Specifies that adt-virt-chroot can become root (on the host) by prefixing its commands with gain-root-cmd. The command may consist
of several words separated by whitespace, in which case words other than the first are supplied as additional arguments to the com-
mand; other shell (or other) metacharacters in gain-root-cmd are not interpreted or modified by adt-virt-chroot. The actual command
to be run as root, and its arguments, are supplied as additional (separate) arguments to gain-root-cmd.
Root privilege is needed, to successfully run chroot(8), if the chroot to use is specified as an absolute path. The default is not
to take any special action when root will be needed, in which case for an absolute path chroot, adt-virt-chroot must be started as
root.
-d | --debug
Enables debugging output. Probably not hugely interesting.
INPUT, OUTPUT AND EXIT STATUS
The behaviour of adt-virt-chroot is as described by the AutomatedTesting virtualisation regime specification.
SEE ALSO
adt-run(1), adt-virt-null(1), adt-virt-xenlvm(1), /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/.
AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT
This manpage is part of autopkgtest, a tool for testing Debian binary packages. autopkgtest is Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Canonical Ltd and
others.
See /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/CREDITS for the list of contributors and full copying conditions.
autopkgtest 2007 adt-virt-chroot(1)