I think the root issue (if you allow me the pun) is that you didn't mount /proc in your chroot.
>From the source code: /* On Linux we can detect chroots by checking if the * devicenumber/inode pair of / are the same as that of * /sbin/init's. This may fail if not running as root or if * /proc is not mounted, in which case 2 is returned. * * If /proc/1/root exists but can not be stated as root, * we're running in some limited environment (eg. vserver), * which we consider as chroot here. */ And the root of /sbin/init is checked via stat -L /proc/1/root The man page should mention this requirement though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org