On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 at 14:24 Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org> wrote:

> For those interested, you can run GNU root ( an enitre debian ( cmd line
> )system rootfs ) on any Andriod 4.1+ device. That means you don't have to
> worry about apps like Connectbot. You can run this on an un-rooted device (
> I have on Smartphones, tablets, TV sticks ), except server port have to be
> on above 1024 ports. ( you are not root ).

That may also be useful to Brian, thanks!

I had a look at it, it seems less broken then some of the other Android chroot solutions I have already looked at.

However I can't seem to run ssh on it. If I run it with fakeroot, it complains that it can't setuid (not sure why it is trying actually); if I run it without fakeroot, it complains that there is no /etc/passwd entry for the user.

Also related, I have root access on this device, but GNURoot, unfortunately, does not seem to support giving me real root privileges.

(shame it doesn't have Jessie yet too).

Does seem to best bet so far, creating and entering the chroot was relatively easy, with no need to work around broken shell scripts (which I have had to do with other solutions).