Home in chroot step: root # env -i HOME=/root TERM=...

abdu · February 14

Is HOME in chroot step:

root # env -i HOME=/root TERM=$TERM chroot . bash -l

needed if one already has /home in a separate partition?

How is the better setup for such case ?

Edited February 14 by abdu

cardinal · February 14

No difference, use the same command.

Chroot requires running as superuser root.

HOME=/root is an environmental variable which sets /root as the home directory for superuser root.

Just because /home is mounted on a different partition than the rest of the file tree doesn't change this fact.

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