Josh Grosse wrote:
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> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:54:06 +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote
> 
>> Likely /tmp is mounted nodev
> 
> I don't think so.  I can replicate Leo's exact sequence when /tmp is mounted
> dev.  If it is mounted nodev, you get warning messages that there is no
> controlling tty when you start the shell.  With dev, you get no warning
> message and the chrooted environment works as expected, except for the result
> from tty(1).
> 

# mkdir -p /tmp/root/var/run
# cp -p /var/run/dev.db /tmp/root/var/run
# chroot /tmp/root sh
# tty
/dev/ttyp0


found with ktrace(1)

Cheers,

	Heinrich
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