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		rkeene2 on July 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Implement unprivileged chroot As an alternative, one can also use User Mode Linux (UML) to implement a pretty fancy chroot (and fakeroot). It can do a few things userns can't, like load kernel modules. I've had to use this to deal with bugs in BtrFS before.

gunapologist99 on July 22, 2021 [–]

I love UML. I used to use it all the time. Is it still developed? It was really a pretty slick system and very easy to work with.

http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/

(another good site: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/User-mode_Linux )

kasabali on July 23, 2021 | [–]

It's in mainline kernel (can be compiled as an architecture), but I don't think it's being actively developed.

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