chroot command: failed to run command ‘node’: No such file or directory

Question

I run this command at the command line:

 $ sudo chroot . node test/simple.js

And I get this error:

chroot: failed to run command ‘node’: No such file or directory

makes sense, since the node executable is located in a file below the PWD. So what is a good way to get the node executable within the PWD, should I symlink it?

Ultimately however, I am most interested in allowing all executables to run in the chroot jail, but only allow reading and writing to files within the chroot jail, AKA:

randos/
   node
   a.js
jail/
  foo/foo.js

so say I do:

cd jail/foo
sudo chroot . ../randos/node ../randos/a.js

that should fail because I shouldn't be able to read randos/a.js. But if I do this:

cd jail/foo
sudo chroot . ../randos/node foo.js

then it should work, even if the node executable file is not a file within the jail.

Also, as an aside, if anyone knows how to get chroot to run without sudo for a certain directory, that'd be good.

Unfortunately none of that is how it works. What is your actual goal? — Michael Homer, Nov 24 '18 at 20:22
@MichaelHomer yeah you might be right, here is the actual goal: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24633 — Alexander Mills, Nov 24 '18 at 20:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '18 at 20:02

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I would use the symlink option.

Also to answer your aside, I would edit your sudoers file.

Add a line that looks like:

SOMEUSER  ALL=/usr/sbin/chroot /DIR/TO/JAIL

answered Nov 24 '18 at 20:02

Michael Prokopec

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thanks for the info, upvoted. yeah but in this for a library, I need all executables outside the jail to be available, and I'd rather not permanently change the sudoers file. – Alexander Mills Nov 24 '18 at 20:09
Yea, that makes things more interesting... @AlexanderMills – Michael Prokopec Nov 24 '18 at 20:14
yeah I don't think chroot works the way I want, might have to find a different solution, perhaps a Docker container is the only way idk – Alexander Mills Nov 24 '18 at 20:24
Here is the ultimate goal, btw: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24633 – Alexander Mills Nov 24 '18 at 20:25

chroot command: failed to run command ‘node’: No such file or directory

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