SCHROOT-SETUP(5)

NAME

schroot-setup - schroot chroot setup scripts

DESCRIPTION

schroot uses scripts to set up and then clean up the chroot environment. The directory //eettcc//sscchhrroooott//sseettuupp..dd contains scripts run when a chroot is created and destroyed. Several environment variables are set while the scripts are being run, which allows their behaviour to be customised, depending upon, for example, the type of chroot in use.

The scripts are run in name order, like those run by init(8), by using the same style of execution as run-parts(8).

The setup scripts are all invoked with two options:

1 The action to perform.: When a session is first started, the chroot is set up by running the scripts in /etc/schroot/setup.d with the 'setup-start' option. When the session is ended, the scripts in /etc/schroot/setup.d are run in reverse order with the 'setup-stop' option.
2 The chroot status.: This is either 'ok' if there are no problems, or 'fail' if something went wrong. For example, particular actions may be skipped on failure.
Note that the scripts should be idempotent. They must be idempotent during the 'setup-stop' phase, because they may be run more than once, for example on failure.

ENVIRONMENT

General variables: AUTH_USER
The username of the user the command in the chroot will run as.; HOST; HOST_OS; HOST_VENDOR; HOST_CPU
The host system architecture schroot is running upon. This may be used to introduce architecture-specific behaviour into the setup scripts where required. HOST is the GNU triplet for the architecture, while HOST_OS, HOST_VENDOR and HOST_CPU are the component parts of the triplet.; LIBEXEC_DIR
The directory under which helper programs are located.; MOUNT_DIR
The directory under which non-filesystem chroots are mounted (e.g. block devices and LVM snapshots).; PID The process ID of the schroot process.; PLATFORM
The operating system platform schroot is running upon. This may be used to introduce platform-specific behaviour into the setup scripts where required. Note that the HOST variables are probably what are required. In the context of schroot, the platform is the supported configuration and behaviour for a given architecture, and may be identical between different architectures.; SESSION_ID
The session identifier.; VERBOSE
Set to 'quiet' if only error messages should be printed, 'normal' if other messages may be printed as well, and 'verbose' if all messages may be printed. Previously called AUTH_VERBOSITY.; CHROOT_SESSION_CREATE
Set to 'true' if a session will be created, otherwise 'false'.; CHROOT_SESSION_CLONE
Set to 'true' if a session will be cloned, otherwise 'false'.; CHROOT_SESSION_PURGE
Set to 'true' if a session will be purged, otherwise 'false'.; CHROOT_TYPE
The type of the chroot. This is useful for restricting a setup task to particular types of chroot (e.g. only block devices or LVM snapshots).; CHROOT_NAME
The name of the chroot. This is useful for restricting a setup task to a particular chroot, or set of chroots.; CHROOT_DESCRIPTION
The description of the chroot.; CHROOT_MOUNT_LOCATION
The location to mount the chroot. It is used for mount point creation and mounting.; CHROOT_LOCATION
The location of the chroot inside the mount point. This is to allow multiple chroots on a single filesystem. Set for all mountable chroot types.; CHROOT_PATH
The absolute path to the chroot. This is typically CHROOT_MOUNT_LOCATION and CHROOT_LOCATION concatenated together. This is the path which should be used to access the chroots.
Plain and directory chroot variables: These chroot types use only general variables.
File variables: CHROOT_FILE
The file containing the chroot files.; CHROOT_FILE_REPACK
Set to 'true' to repack the chroot into an archive file on ending a session, otherwise 'false'.
Mountable chroot variables: These variables are only set for directly mountable chroot types.; CHROOT_MOUNT_DEVICE
The device to mount containing the chroot. mounting.; CHROOT_MOUNT_OPTIONS
Options to pass to mount(8).; CHROOT_LOCATION
The location of the chroot inside the mount point. This allows the existence of multiple chroots on a single filesystem.
Filesystem union variables: CHROOT_UNION_TYPE
Union filesystem type.; CHROOT_UNION_MOUNT_OPTIONS
Union filesystem mount options.; CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY
Union filesystem overlay directory (writable).; CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY
Union filesystem underlay directory (read-only).
Block device variables: CHROOT_DEVICE
The device containing the chroot root filesystem. This is usually, but not necessarily, the device which will be mounted. For example, an LVM snapshot this will be the original logical volume.
LVM snapshot variables: CHROOT_LVM_SNAPSHOT_NAME
Snapshot name to pass to lvcreate(8).; CHROOT_LVM_SNAPSHOT_DEVICE
The name of the LVM snapshot device.; CHROOT_LVM_SNAPSHOT_OPTIONS
Options to pass to lvcreate(8).

FILES

Setup script configuration: The directory //eettcc//sscchhrroooott//ddeeffaauulltt contains the default settings used by setup scripts.; ccoonnffiigg Main configuration file read by setup scripts. The format of
this file is described in schroot-script-config(5). This is the default value for the script-config key. Note that this was formerly named /etc/schroot/script-defaults. The following files are referenced by default:; ccooppyyffiilleess
A list of files to copy into the chroot from the host system. Note that this was formerly named /etc/schroot/copyfiles-defaults.; ffssttaabb A file in the format decribed in fstab(5), used to mount
filesystems inside the chroot. The mount location is relative to the root of the chroot. Note that this was formerly named /etc/schroot/mount-defaults.; nnssssddaattaabbaasseess
System databases (as described in /etc/nsswitch.conf on GNU/Linux systems) to copy into the chroot from the host. Note that this was formerly named /etc/schroot/nssdatabases-defaults.
Setup scripts: The directory //eettcc//sscchhrroooott//sseettuupp..dd contains the chroot setup scripts.; 0000cchheecckk
Print debugging diagnostics and perform basic sanity checking.; 0055ffiillee Unpack, clean up, and repack file-based chroots.; 0055ffssuunniioonn
Create and remove union filesystems.; 0055llvvmm Create and remove LVM snapshots.; 1100mmoouunntt
Mount and unmount filesystems.; 1155kkiillllpprrooccss
Kill processes still running inside the chroot when ending a session, which would prevent unmounting of filesystems and cleanup of any other resources.; 2200ccooppyyffiilleess
Copy files from the host system into the chroot. Configure networking by copying hosts and resolv.conf, for example.; 2200nnssssddaattaabbaasseess
Configure system databases by copying passwd, shadow, group etc. into the chroot.; 5500cchhrroooottnnaammee
Set the chroot name (/etc/debian_chroot) in the chroot. This may be used by the shell prompt to display the current chroot.

AUTHORS

Roger Leigh.

COPYRIGHT

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