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Old 12-27-2011
chroot Issues on Solaris
Hello Friends,

I am trying the chroot command on a Solaris box (SunOS sx07 5.10 Generic_144489-12 i86pc i386 i86pc) but i am getting an error message

chroot: exec failed: Exec format error

Did any of you folks got this error before .. and how did you guys fix it .. please help me out....Smilie

Wish you all a very Happy Holidays and a Very Happy New Year!!!!


Thank you All!!

Best Regards
Sudharma.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 12-27-2011 at 03:02 PM.. Reason: remove font settings - back to default
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Old 12-27-2011
Waht was the exact command you entered?
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Old 12-27-2011
Here is the command that i was trying out....

/etc/chroot /tmp/chroot_tmp test_chroot.ksh

chroot: exec failed: Exec format error

Thanks
Sudharma.
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