Breaking out of a chroot on the Hurd is trivial: just use a passive translator.
I couldn't reproduce this... Script started on Wed May 18 06:19:32 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd chroot [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/chroot$ ids effective uids: 1002(ams) effective gids: 1002(ams) available uids: 1002(ams) 1002(ams) available gids: 1002(ams) 1002(ams) 1002(ams) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/chroot$ chroot . bash-3.00$ showtrans root bash-3.00$ settrans -p root /hurd/firmlink / bash-3.00$ showtrans root /hurd/firmlink / bash-3.00$ cd / bash-3.00$ ls bin hurd lib root bash-3.00$ exit exit [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/chroot$ exit exit Script done on Wed May 18 06:20:58 2005 _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd