[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#566879: Bug#566879: dchroot: does not work as root

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:22:29AM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > Package: dchroot
> > Version: 1.4.0-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Since the upgrade of dchroot to version 1.4.0-1, it doesn't work as root
> > anymore:
> > 
> > | # dchroot
> > | E: Authentication failed: Operation not supported
> > | #
> > 
> > dchroot still works as a user, and schroot still works for both modes.
> 
> Were you previously using DSA dchroot or dchroot provided by schroot?
> If you were using DSA dchroot, have you tried the dchroot-dsa package?
> If you were using DSA dchroot, have you tried the dchroot-dsa package?
> [dchroot.conf format and command-line syntax differ slightly]

I am using dchroot from the schroot source package.

> There have been no dchroot changes TTBOMK since the previous stable
> 1.2.x releases (it's just an schroot API wrapper).

1.2.x works fine with the same configuration.

> I'll take a look as soon as I have some free time.  If you also use
> schroot, could you possibly try renaming dchroot.conf temporarily
> and dchroot should then use schroot.conf instead.  Does this now
> work correctly?  [If you don't have a schroot.conf, 'dchroot --config'
> will generate one for you]

I don't have dchroot.conf, I am using schroot.conf for both schroot and
dchroot.

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