Package: dchroot Version: 0.12 Since the recent changes in su (package "login" version 4.0.15-2) as announced in http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00003.html dchroot does not work anymore. The call to /bin/su does not use the -c switch.
See the following section of the announce: Short details ============= Packages passing a command in argument to su must use su's -c option and must quote the command if it contains a space. For example: su - root -c "ls -l /" The following commands won't work anymore: su - root -c ls -l / su - root "ls -l /" su - root ls -l / I am using Debian GNU/Linux unstable on amd64, kernel 2.6.16-1-em64t-p4-smp but the problem is in the i386 chroot.
