Best way to run X application inside chroot environment

From: Jesús Ángel (jpozdom_at_ribera.tel.uva.es)
Date: 10/30/04

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    Date: 29 Oct 2004 23:15:53 GMT

    Hello.

    I want to run aMule in a chroot environment.

    I have made the chroot and I have copied all the necessary libraries and
    config file to the new chroot. To launch aMule in the chroot I use an
    small C application in order to: enter the chroot, change the UID.GID to
    2000.200 and launch amule.

    aMule is a X application, it hasn't got a console interface :-( and I
    need a method to allow amule connect to the X server.

    Which of these are the better solution?

    1. Config the X server to listen to TCP conections at port 6000 and set
    the DISPLAY=127.0.0.1 With xauth only the user with the correct magic
    cookie could connect to the xserver.

    2. Make a hard link inside the chroot to /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
       # ln /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 /chroot/.X11-unix/X0
     This is not posible if /tmp and /chroot reside in the same partition

    3. Mount the tmp partition inside the chroot
       (inside the chroot) # mount /dev/hda3 /tmp

    Do you know any other solutions?

    Thanks

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