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Old 12-19-2010, 06:04 AM   #1
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man pages blanks in chroot enviroment

i've just finished my chrooted enviroment succesfully after facing many problems , now i can't open man page for any command and it just gave me blank page ,

I copied the man directories into the jailed enviroment with the needed libraries and commands

below strace for man ls

strace man ls
execve("/usr/bin/man", ["man", "ls"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x19df8000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a54f2a000
uname({sys="Linux", node="italy", ...}) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=11169, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 11169, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x2b2a54f2b000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\332\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1712536, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a54f2e000
mmap(NULL, 3498328, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x2b2a5512b000
mprotect(0x2b2a55279000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x2b2a55478000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14d000) = 0x2b2a55478000
mmap(0x2b2a5547d000, 16728, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a5547d000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a55482000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x2b2a554826e0) = 0
mprotect(0x2b2a55478000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x2b2a55129000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x2b2a54f2b000, 11169) = 0
brk(0) = 0x19df8000
brk(0x19e19000) = 0x19e19000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56462720, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 56462720, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x2b2a55483000
close(3) = 0
getuid() = 500
geteuid() = 500
getgid() = 500
getegid() = 500
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=44, ws_col=177, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) = 0
open("/etc/man.config", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4617, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a58a5c000
read(3, "#\n# Generated automatically from"..., 4096) = 4096
brk(0x19e3b000) = 0x19e3b000
read(3, "packages).\n#\nMANSECT\t\t1:1p:8:2:3"..., 4096) = 521
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
stat("/usr/kerberos/bin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/kerberos/bin/MAN", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/kerberos/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat("/usr/kerberos/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d175a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/kerberos/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d175a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/kerberos/man/en", 0x7fffb8d175a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/kerberos/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat("/usr/local/share/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/man/en", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat("/usr/share/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/man/en", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat("/usr/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat("/usr/share/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d175d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/bin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/bin/MAN", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man1", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man8", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/bin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/bin/MAN", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man1", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man8", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/bin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/bin/MAN", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man1", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/admin/man8", 0x7fffb8d196a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/man/en", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/man", 0x7fffb8d17660) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/man/en", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/man", 0x7fffb8d17660) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/man/en", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/X11R6/man/en_US.UTF-8", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/X11R6/man/en_US", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/X11R6/man/en", 0x7fffb8d17600) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/X11R6/man", 0x7fffb8d17660) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
open("/usr/kerberos/man/html1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/kerberos/man/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 18 entries */, 32768) = 592
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/kerberos/man/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 18 entries */, 32768) = 592
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/kerberos/man/cat1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/local/share/man/html1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/local/share/man/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 2 entries */, 32768) = 48
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/local/share/man/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 2 entries */, 32768) = 48
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/local/share/man/cat1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/man/en/html1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/man/en/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 5 entries */, 32768) = 144
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/share/man/en/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 5 entries */, 32768) = 144
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/share/man/en/cat1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/man/html1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/man/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 910 entries */, 32768) = 32752
getdents(4, /* 637 entries */, 32768) = 23056
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/share/man/man1/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents(4, /* 910 entries */, 32768) = 32752
getdents(4, /* 637 entries */, 32768) = 23056
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0
close(4) = 0
access("/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz", R_OK) = 0
access("/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz", R_OK) = 0
pipe([4, 5]) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x2b2a55482770) = 23821
close(5) = 0
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a58a5d000
read(4, ".\\\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It"..., 4096) = 4096
close(4) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
wait4(23821, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 23821
munmap(0x2b2a58a5d000, 4096) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25464, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 25464, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x2b2a58a5d000
close(4) = 0
pipe([4, 5]) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x2b2a55482770) = 23822
close(5) = 0
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2b2a58a64000
read(4, ".\\\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It"..., 4096) = 4096
close(4) = 0
wait4(23822, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 23822
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
munmap(0x2b2a58a64000, 4096) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x407840, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x1, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, {0x407840, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {0x1, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|SIGCHLD, parent_tidptr=0x7fffb8d19688) = 23823
wait4(23823, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 23823
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x407840, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, {0x407840, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x2b2a5515b2d0}, 8) = 0
exit_group(0) = ?



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Old 12-20-2010, 05:27 PM   #2
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Hi, check the manpath in your /etc/profile!
If you have the manpages installed in your chroot-environment, the manpath has to be in your /etc/profile and don't forget to
Code:
source /etc/profile
after chrooting!

Markus
Last edited by markush; 12-20-2010 at 05:29 PM.
 
  


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