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NAME

       schroot - securely enter a chroot environment

SYNOPSIS

       schroot  [-h|--help  |  -V|--version   | -l|--list | -i|--info  | --config | --location  |
       --automatic-session  |  -b|--begin-session  |  --recover-session    |  -r|--run-session  |
       -e|--end-session]    [-f|--force]    [-n   session-name|--session-name=session-name]   [-d
       directory|--directory=directory]  [-u  user|--user=user]  [-p|--preserve-environment]  [-s
       shell|--shell=shell]  [-q|--quiet  |  -v|--verbose] [-c chroot|--chroot=chroot  | [--all |
       --all-chroots    |    --all-source-chroots    |    --all-sessions]    [--exclude-aliases]]
       [-o|--option=key=value] [--] [COMMAND [ ARG1 [ ARG2 [ ARGn]]]]

DESCRIPTION

       schroot  allows the user to run a command or a login shell in a chroot environment.  If no
       command is specified, a login  shell  will  be  started  in  the  user's  current  working
       directory inside the chroot.

       The  command is a program, plus as many optional arguments as required.  Each argument may
       be separately quoted.

       The directory the command or login  shell  is  run  in  depends  upon  the  context.   See
       --directory option below for a complete description.

       All  chroot  usage  will be logged in the system logs.  Under some circumstances, the user
       may be required to authenticate themselves; see the section “Authentication”, below.

       If no chroot is specified, the chroot name or alias ‘default’ will be used as a  fallback.
       This is equivalent to “--chroot=default”.

OVERVIEW

       There is often a need to run programs in a virtualised environment rather than on the host
       system directly.  Unlike other virtualisation systems such as kvm or Xen, schroot does not
       virtualise  the  entire  system; it only virtualises the filesystem, and some parts of the
       filesystem may still be shared with the host.   It  is  therefore  fast,  lightweight  and
       flexible.   However,  it  does  not virtualise other aspects of the system, such as shared
       memory, networking, devices etc., and so may be less secure than other systems,  depending
       upon its intended use.  Some examples of existing uses for schroot include:

       •      Running an untrusted program in a sandbox, so that it can't interfere with files on
              the host system; this may also be used to limit the damage  a  compromised  service
              can inflict upon the host

       •      Using  a  defined  or  clean  environment,  to  guarantee  the  reproducibility and
              integrity of a given task

       •      Using different versions of  an  operating  system,  or  even  different  operating
              systems altogether, e.g. different GNU/Linux distributions

       •      Running 32-bit programs using a 32-bit chroot on a 64-bit host system

       •      Automatic building of Debian packages using sbuild(1), which builds each package in
              a pristine chroot snapshot when using LVM snapshots or unions

       •      Supporting multiple system images in a cluster  setup,  where  modifying  the  base
              image is time-consuming and/or supporting all the required configurations needed by
              users is difficult: different chroots can support all the different  configurations
              required, and cluster users may be given access to the chroots they need (which can
              include root access for trusted users to maintain their own images)

       A chroot may be used directly as root by running chroot(8), but normal users are not  able
       to  use  this  command.   schroot allows access to chroots for normal users using the same
       mechanism, but with several additional features.  While schroot  uses  a  directory  as  a
       chroot  just  like  chroot(8),  it  does not require this to be a regular directory in the
       filesystem.  While this is the default, the chroot can also be  created  from  a  file,  a
       filesystem,  including  LVM  and  Btrfs  snapshots  and  loopback mounts, or composed of a
       unionfs overlay.  Being user-extensible, the scope for  creating  chroots  from  different
       sources  is  limited  only by your imagination.  schroot performs permissions checking and
       allows additional automated setup of the chroot environment, such as  mounting  additional
       filesystems  and  other  configuration  tasks.   This  automated setup is done through the
       action of setup scripts which may be  customised  and  extended  to  perform  any  actions
       required.   Typical  actions  include  mounting  the  user's  home  directory,  setting up
       networking and system databases, and even starting up services.  These are again  entirely
       customisable  by  the  admin.  The setup scripts are run for all types of chroot, with the
       exception of the ‘plain’ type, the simplest  chroot  type,  offering  no  automated  setup
       features   at   all.    The  configuration  of  schroot  is  covered  in  more  detail  in
       schroot.conf(5).

OPTIONS

       schroot accepts the following options:

   Actions
       -h, --help
              Show help summary.

       -V, --version
              Print version information.

       -l, --list
              List all available chroots.

       -i, --info
              Print detailed information about the specified chroots.

       --config
              Print configuration of the specified chroots.  This is useful for testing that  the
              configuration  in  use  is the same as the configuration file.  Any comments in the
              original file will be missing.

       --location
              Print location (path) of the specified chroots.  Note that chroot types  which  can
              only be used within a session will not have a location until they are active.

   General options
       -q, --quiet
              Print only essential messages.

       -v, --verbose
              Print all messages.

   Chroot selection
       -c, --chroot=chroot
              Specify  a chroot or active session to use.  This option may be used multiple times
              to specify more than one chroot, in which case its effect is similar to --all.  The
              chroot  name may be prefixed with a namespace; see the section “Chroot Namespaces”,
              below.

       -a, --all
              Select all chroots, source chroots and active sessions.  When a  command  has  been
              specified,  the  command  will  be  run  in  all chroots, source chroots and active
              sessions.  If --info has been used, display information about  all  chroots.   This
              option  does not make sense to use with a login shell (run when no command has been
              specified).  This  option  is  equivalent  to  “--all-chroots  --all-source-chroots
              --all-sessions”.

       --all-chroots
              Select  all  chroots.   Identical  to  --all, except that source chroots and active
              sessions are not considered.

       --all-sessions
              Select all active sessions.  Identical to --all, except  that  chroots  and  source
              chroots are not considered.

       --all-source-chroots
              Select  all  source  chroots.  Identical to --all, except that chroots and sessions
              are not considered.

       --exclude-aliases
              Do not select aliases in addition to chroots.  This ensures that only real  chroots
              are selected, and are only listed once.

   Chroot environment
       -d, --directory=directory
              Change  to  directory  inside the chroot before running the command or login shell.
              If directory is not available, schroot will exit with an error status.

              The default behaviour is as follows (all directory paths are inside the chroot).  A
              login  shell is run in the current working directory.  If this is not available, it
              will try  $HOME  (when  --preserve-environment  is  used),  then  the  user's  home
              directory, and / inside the chroot in turn.  A command is always run in the current
              working directory inside the chroot.  If none of  the  directories  are  available,
              schroot will exit with an error status.

       -u, --user=user
              Run  as a different user.  The default is to run as the current user.  If required,
              the user may be required to authenticate themselves with a password.   For  further
              information, see the section “Authentication”, below.

       -p, --preserve-environment
              Preserve  the  user's environment inside the chroot environment.  The default is to
              use a clean environment; this option copies the entire user environment and sets it
              in  the  session.   The  environment  variables  allowed  are  subject  to  certain
              restrictions; see the section “Environment”, below.

       -s, --shell=shell
              Use shell as the login shell.  When running a login shell  a  number  of  potential
              shells  will  be  considered,  in  this order: the command in the SHELL environment
              variable (if --preserve-environment is used, or preserve-environment  is  enabled),
              the  user's  shell  in  the ‘passwd’ database, /bin/bash and finally /bin/sh.  This
              option overrides this list, and will use the shell  specified.   This  option  also
              overrides the shell configuration key, if set.

       -o, --option=key=value
              Set  an  option.   The  value of selected configuration keys in schroot.conf may be
              modified using this option.  The key must be present  in  the  user-modifiable-keys
              configuration  key in schroot.conf, or additionally the user-modifiable-keys key if
              running as (or switching to) the root user.  The key and value set here will be set
              in  the  environment  of  the setup scripts, and may hence be used to customise the
              chroot on a per-session basis.

   Session actions
       --automatic-session
              Begin, run and end a session automatically.  This is the default  action,  so  does
              not require specifying in normal operation.

       -b, --begin-session
              Begin  a session.  A unique session identifier (session ID) is returned on standard
              output.  The session ID is required to use the other session  options.   Note  that
              the session identifier may be specified with the --session-name option.

       --recover-session
              Recover  an  existing  session.  If an existing session has become unavailable, for
              example becoming unmounted due to a reboot,  this  option  will  make  the  session
              available for use again, for example by remounting it.  The session ID is specified
              with the --chroot option.

       -r, --run-session
              Run an existing session.  The session ID is specified with the --chroot option.

       -e, --end-session
              End an existing session.  The session ID is specified with the --chroot option.

   Session options
       -n, --session-name=session-name
              Name a session.  The specified  session-name  replaces  the  default  session  name
              containing  an  automatically-generated  session  ID.   The  session  name must not
              contain a namespace  qualifier,  since  sessions  are  always  created  within  the
              ‘session:’  namespace.   The  session  name  is  also  subject to the chroot naming
              restrictions documented in schroot.conf(5).

       -f, --force
              Force a session operation, even if it would otherwise fail.  This may  be  used  to
              forcibly  end a session, even if it has active users.  This does not guarantee that
              the session will be ended cleanly; filesystems may not be unmounted, for example.

   Separator
       --     End of options.  Used to indicate the end of the  schroot  options;  any  following
              options will be passed to the command being run, rather than to schroot.

AUTHENTICATION

       If  the  user is not an allowed user, or a member of the allowed groups (or if changing to
       root, the allowed root  users  or  allowed  root  groups)  for  the  specified  chroot(s),
       permission  will  be  immediately  denied.   If  switching users, and the user running the
       command has access, the user  will  be  required  to  authenticate  themselves  using  the
       credentials of the user being switched to.

       On  systems  supporting  Pluggable  Authentication Modules (PAM), schroot will use PAM for
       authentication and authorisation of users.  If and when required, schroot will prompt  for
       a  password.   If  PAM  is not available, all authentication will automatically fail (user
       switching is not supported without PAM).

       Note that when PAM is in use, the root user is  not  granted  any  special  privileges  by
       default  in  the  program.   However, the default PAM configuration permits root to log in
       without a password (pam_rootok.so),  but  this  may  be  disabled  to  prevent  root  from
       accessing any chroots except if specifically permitted.  In such a situation, root must be
       added to the allowed users or groups as for any other  user  or  group.   If  PAM  is  not
       available, the root user will be permitted to access all chroots, even when not explicitly
       granted access.

CHROOT NAMESPACES

   Namespace basics
       There are three different types of chroot: regular chroots,  source  chroots  and  session
       chroots.   These  different  types  of  chroot are separated into different namespaces.  A
       namespace is a prefix to a chroot name.  Currently there are three namespaces:  ‘chroot:’,
       ‘source:’  and  ‘session:’.   Use  --list  --all  to  list  all  available  chroots in all
       namespaces.  Because ‘:’ is used as the separator between namespace and chroot  names,  it
       is not permitted to use this character in chroot names.

       Depending  upon  the action you request schroot to take, it may look for the chroot in one
       of the three namespaces, or a particular namespace  may  be  specified.   For  example,  a
       chroot  named  “sid”  is actually named “chroot:sid” if the namespace is included, but the
       namespace may be omitted for most actions.

   Source chroots
       Some chroot types, for example LVM snapshots and Btrfs snapshots, provide  session-managed
       copy-on-write  snapshots  of the chroot.  These also provide a source chroot to allow easy
       access to the filesystem used as a source for snapshotting.  These are regular chroots  as
       well, just with the snapshotting disabled.  For a chroot named “sid-snapshot” (i.e. with a
       fully qualified name of “chroot:sid-snapshot”), there will also be a corresponding  source
       chroot  named  “source:sid-snapshot”.  Earlier versions of schroot provided source chroots
       with a ‘-source’ suffix.  These are also provided for  compatibility.   In  this  example,
       this  would  be  called  “chroot:sid-snapshot-source”.   These compatibility names will be
       dropped in a future version, so programs and scripts should switch to using the namespace-
       qualified names rather than the old suffix.

   Session chroots
       All  sessions  created with --begin-session are placed within the ‘session:’ namespace.  A
       session named with --session-name may have any name, even the same name as the  chroot  it
       was  created  from,  providing  that  it  is  unique  within this namespace.  This was not
       permitted in previous versions of schroot which did not have namespaces.

   Actions and default namespaces
       All actions use ‘chroot:’ as the default namespace, with some session  actions  being  the
       exception.   --run-session,  --recover-session  and  --end-session  use  ‘session:’ as the
       default namespace instead, since these actions work on session  chroots.   The  upshot  is
       that the namespace is usually never required except when you need to work with a chroot in
       a namespace other than the default, such as when using a source chroot.   To  make  chroot
       selection unambiguous, it is always possible to use the full name including the namespace,
       even when not strictly required.

PERFORMANCE

       Performance on some filesystems, for example Btrfs, is bad when running dpkg  due  to  the
       amount  of  fsync operations performed.  This may be mitigated by installing the eatmydata
       package and then adding eatmydata to the command-prefix configuration key, which  disables
       all  fsync  operations.  Note that this should only be done in snapshot chroots where data
       loss is not an issue.  This is useful when  using  a  chroot  for  package  building,  for
       example.

DIRECTORY FALLBACKS

       schroot  will  select an appropriate directory to use within the chroot based upon whether
       an interactive login shell will be used, or a command invoked,  and  additionally  if  the
       --directory  option  is  used.   In  the  case of running commands directly, or explicitly
       specifying a directory, only one directory will be used for safety and consistency,  while
       for  a login shell several possibilities may be tried.  The following subsections list the
       fallback sequence for each case.  CWD  is  the  current  working  directory,  DIR  is  the
       directory specified with --directory.

   Login shell
       ┌────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │Transition          │                                          │
       │(Host → Chroot)     │ Comment                                  │
       ├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │CWD → CWD           │ Normal  behaviour (if --directory is not │
       │                    │ used)                                    │
       │CWD → $HOME         │ If    CWD     is     nonexistent     and │
       │                    │ --preserve-environment is used           │
       │CWD → passwd pw_dir │ If     CWD     is     nonexistent    (or │
       │                    │ --preserve-environment is  used  and  no │
       │                    │ $HOME exists)                            │
       │CWD → /             │ None of the above exist                  │
       │FAIL                │ If / is nonexistent                      │
       └────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
   Command
       ┌────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │Transition      │                                          │
       │(Host → Chroot) │ Comment                                  │
       ├────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │CWD → CWD       │ Normal  behaviour (if --directory is not │
       │                │ used)                                    │
       │FAIL            │ If CWD is nonexistent                    │
       └────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
       No fallbacks should exist under any circumstances.

   --directory used
       ┌────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │Transition      │                                          │
       │(Host → Chroot) │ Comment                                  │
       ├────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │CWD → DIR       │ Normal behaviour                         │
       │FAIL            │ If DIR is nonexistent                    │
       └────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
       No fallbacks should exist under any circumstances.

   Debugging
       Note that --debug=notice will show the internal fallback list computed for the session.

EXAMPLES

   List available chroots
       % schroot -l↵
       chroot:default
       chroot:etch
       chroot:sid
       chroot:testing
       chroot:unstable

   Get information about a chroot
       % schroot -i -c sid↵
         ——— Chroot ———
         Name                   sid
         Description            Debian sid (unstable)
         Type                   plain
         Priority               3
         Users                  rleigh
         Groups                 sbuild
         Root Users
         Root Groups            sbuild
         Aliases                unstable unstable-sbuild unstable-p
       owerpc-sbuild
         Environment Filter     ^(BASH_ENV|CDPATH|ENV|HOSTALIASES|I\
       FS|KRB5_CONFIG|KRBCONFDIR|KRBTKFILE|KRB_CONF|LD_.*|LOCALDOMA\
       IN|NLSPATH|PATH_LOCALE|RES_OPTIONS|TERMINFO|TERMINFO_DIRS|TE\
       RMPATH)$
         Run Setup Scripts      true
         Script Configuration   script-defaults
         Session Managed        true
         Personality            linux32
         Location               /srv/chroot/sid

       Use --all or -c multiple times to use all or multiple chroots, respectively.

   Running commands in a chroot
       % schroot -c sid /bin/ls↵
       [sid chroot] Running command: “/bin/ls”
       CVS          sbuild-chroot.c   sbuild-session.h  schroot.conf.5
       Makefile     sbuild-chroot.h   schroot.1         schroot.conf.5.in
       Makefile.am  sbuild-config.c   schroot.1.in
       Makefile.in  sbuild-config.h   schroot.c
       pam          sbuild-session.c  schroot.conf
       % schroot -c sid -- ls -1 | head -n 5↵
       [sid chroot] Running command: “ls -1”
       ABOUT-NLS
       AUTHORS
       COPYING
       ChangeLog
       INSTALL

       Use -- to allow options beginning with ‘-’ or ‘--’ in the command to run  in  the  chroot.
       This  prevents  them  being  interpreted as options for schroot itself.  Note that the top
       line was echoed to standard error, and the remaining lines to standard  output.   This  is
       intentional,  so  that  program  output  from  commands run in the chroot may be piped and
       redirected as required; the data will be the same as if the command was  run  directly  on
       the host system.

   Switching users
       % schroot -c sid -u root↵
       Password:
       [sid chroot] (rleigh→root) Running login shell: “/bin/bash”
       #

       If  the user ‘rleigh’ was in root-users in /etc/schroot/schroot.conf, or one of the groups
       he  belonged  to  was  in  root-groups,  they  would  be  granted  root   access   without
       authentication, but the PAM authorisation step is still applied.

   Sessions
       A  chroot  may be needed to run more than one command.  In particular, where the chroot is
       created on the fly from an LVM LV or a file on disc, there is a need to  make  the  chroot
       persistent  while  a  given  task (or set of tasks) is performed.  Sessions exist for this
       purpose.  For simple chroot types such as ‘plain’ and ‘directory’, sessions may be created
       but are not strictly necessary.

       Let's start by looking at a session-capable chroot:

       % schroot -i -c sid-snap↵
         ——— Chroot ———
         Name                   sid-snap
         Description            Debian sid snapshot
         Type                   lvm-snapshot
         Priority               3
         Users                  maks rleigh
         Groups                 sbuild
         Root Users
         Root Groups            root sbuild
         Aliases
         Environment Filter     ^(BASH_ENV|CDPATH|ENV|HOSTALIASES|I\
       FS|KRB5_CONFIG|KRBCONFDIR|KRBTKFILE|KRB_CONF|LD_.*|LOCALDOMA\
       IN|NLSPATH|PATH_LOCALE|RES_OPTIONS|TERMINFO|TERMINFO_DIRS|TE\
       RMPATH)$
         Run Setup Scripts      true
         Script Configuration   script-defaults
         Session Managed        true
         Personality            linux
         Device                 /dev/hda_vg/sid_chroot
         Mount Options          -o atime,async,user_xattr
         Source Users
         Source Groups          root rleigh
         Source Root Users
         Source Root Groups     root rleigh
         LVM Snapshot Options   --size 2G -c 128

       Note  that the Session Managed option is set to ‘true’.  This is a requirement in order to
       use session management, and is supported by most chroot types.  Next, we will create a new
       session:

       % schroot -b -c sid-snap↵
       sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f

       The  session ID of the newly-created session is returned on standard output.  It is common
       to store it like this:

       % SESSION=$(schroot -b -c sid-snap)↵
       % echo $SESSION↵
       sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f

       The session may be used just like any normal chroot.  This is what the session looks like:

       % schroot -i -c sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f↵
         ——— Session ———
         Name                   sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d\
       4ccc899f0f
         Description            Debian sid snapshot
         Type                   lvm-snapshot
         Priority               3
         Users                  maks rleigh
         Groups                 sbuild
         Root Users
         Root Groups            root sbuild
         Aliases
         Environment Filter     ^(BASH_ENV|CDPATH|ENV|HOSTALIASES|I\
       FS|KRB5_CONFIG|KRBCONFDIR|KRBTKFILE|KRB_CONF|LD_.*|LOCALDOMA\
       IN|NLSPATH|PATH_LOCALE|RES_OPTIONS|TERMINFO|TERMINFO_DIRS|TE\
       RMPATH)$
         Run Setup Scripts      true
         Script Configuration   script-defaults
         Session Managed        true
         Personality            linux
         Mount Location         /var/lib/schroot/mount/sid-snap-461\
       95b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f
         Path                   /var/lib/schroot/mount/sid-snap-461\
       95b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f
         Mount Device           /dev/hda_vg/sid-snap-46195b04-0893-\
       49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f
         Device                 /dev/hda_vg/sid_chroot
         Mount Options          -o atime,async,user_xattr
         Source Users
         Source Groups          root rleigh
         Source Root Users
         Source Root Groups     root rleigh
         LVM Snapshot Device    /dev/hda_vg/sid-snap-46195b04-0893-\
       49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f
         LVM Snapshot Options   --size 2G -c 128

       Now the session has been created, commands may be run in it:

       % schroot -r -c sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f -- \
         uname -sr↵
       I: [sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f chroot] Running \
       command: “uname -sr”
       Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc
       % schroot -r -c $SESSION -- uname -sr↵
       I: [sid-snap-fe170af9-d9be-4800-b1bd-de275858b938 chroot] Running \
       command: “uname -sr”
       Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc

       When all the commands to run in the session have been performed, the session may be ended:

       % schroot -e -c sid-snap-46195b04-0893-49bf-beb8-0d4ccc899f0f↵
       % schroot -e -c $SESSION↵

       Finally, the session names can be long and unwieldy.  A name may be specified  instead  of
       using the automatically generated session ID:

       % schroot -b -c sid-snap -n my-session-name↵
       my-session-name

TROUBLESHOOTING

       If something is not working, and it's not clear from the error messages what is wrong, try
       using the --debug=level option to turn on debugging messages.  This  gives  a  great  deal
       more  information.   Valid  debug  levels  are ‘none’, and ‘notice’, ‘info’, ‘warning’ and
       ‘critical’ in order of increasing severity.   The  lower  the  severity  level,  the  more
       output.

       If you are still having trouble, the developers may be contacted on the mailing list:
       Debian buildd-tools Developers
       <buildd-tools-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>

BUGS

       On  the  mips and mipsel architectures, Linux kernels up to and including at least version
       2.6.17 have broken  personality(2)  support,  which  results  in  a  failure  to  set  the
       personality.   This  will  be seen as an “Operation not permitted” (EPERM) error.  To work
       around this problem, set personality to ‘undefined’, or upgrade to a more recent kernel.

ENVIRONMENT

       By default, the environment is not preserved, and the following environment variables  are
       defined:  HOME,  LOGNAME, PATH, SHELL, TERM (preserved if already defined), and USER.  The
       environment  variables  SCHROOT_COMMAND,  SCHROOT_USER,  SCHROOT_GROUP,  SCHROOT_UID   and
       SCHROOT_GID  are  set  inside  the chroot specifying the command being run, the user name,
       group name, user ID and group ID, respectively.  Additionally, the  environment  variables
       SCHROOT_SESSION_ID, SCHROOT_CHROOT_NAME and SCHROOT_ALIAS_NAME specify the session ID, the
       original chroot name prior to session creation, and the alias used to originally  identify
       the selected chroot, respectively.

       The  following,  potentially  dangerous,  environment  variables are removed for safety by
       default: BASH_ENV, CDPATH, ENV,  HOSTALIASES,  IFS,  KRB5_CONFIG,  KRBCONFDIR,  KRBTKFILE,
       KRB_CONF,  LD_.*, LOCALDOMAIN, NLSPATH, PATH_LOCALE, RES_OPTIONS, TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS,
       and TERMPATH.  If  desired,  the  environment-filter  configuration  key  will  allow  the
       exclusion list to the modified; see schroot.conf(5) for further details.

FILES

   Configuration files
       /etc/schroot/schroot.conf
              The  system-wide chroot definition file.  This file must be owned by the root user,
              and not be writable by other.

       /etc/schroot/chroot.d
              Additional chroot definitions may be placed in files under  this  directory.   They
              are  treated  in  exactly that same manner as /etc/schroot/schroot.conf.  Each file
              may contain one or more chroot definitions.  Note that the files in this  directory
              follow the same naming rules as run-parts(8) when run with the --lsbsysinit option.

       /etc/schroot/setup.d
              The system-wide chroot setup script directories.  See schroot-setup(5).

       /etc/pam.d/schroot
              PAM configuration.

   System directories
       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/schroot
              Directory containing helper programs used by setup scripts.

   Session directories
       Each directory contains a directory or file with the name of each session.  Not all chroot
       types make use of all the following directories.

       /var/lib/schroot/session
              Directory containing the session configuration for each active session.

       /var/lib/schroot/mount
              Directory used to mount the filesystems used by each active session.

       /var/lib/schroot/union/underlay
              Directory used for filesystem union source (underlay).

       /var/lib/schroot/union/overlay
              Directory used for filesystem union writeable overlay.

       /var/lib/schroot/unpack
              Directory used for unpacking file chroots.

AUTHORS

       Roger Leigh.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2005-2012  Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>

       schroot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of  the
       GNU  General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
       of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SEE ALSO

       dchroot(1),  sbuild(1),   chroot(2),   run-parts(8),   schroot-setup(5),   schroot-faq(7),
       schroot.conf(5).