[git commit master 1/1] FAQ: move "standalone shell" into troubleshooting section
Denys Vlasenko
vda.linux at googlemail.com
Sat Mar 12 21:30:18 UTC 2011
commit: http://git.busybox.net/busybox-website/commit/?id=b2d9d94c21b2012bfb224d61fb50c7de5032258b
branch: http://git.busybox.net/busybox-website/commit/?id=refs/heads/master
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
---
FAQ.html | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
1 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
diff --git a/FAQ.html b/FAQ.html
index 1b1fda4..d7f5f56 100644
--- a/FAQ.html
+++ b/FAQ.html
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ have additions/corrections to this document, we would love to add them.
<li><a href="#job_control">Why do I keep getting "sh: can't access tty; job control turned off" errors? Why doesn't Control-C work within my shell?</a></li>
<li><a href="#touch_config">sed "/CONFIG_FOO/s/.*/CONFIG_FOO=y/" -i .config; make; does not enable applet foo</a></li>
<li><a href="#symlink_danger">I installed a package on my Busybox system and now nothing works!</a></li>
+<li><a href="#standalone_shell">I selected "standalone shell" option and now I have problems</a></li>
</ol>
<h2>Misc. questions</h2>
@@ -263,72 +264,6 @@ have additions/corrections to this document, we would love to add them.
LDFLAGS="--static" make -j 4 CROSS_COMPILE="armv4tl-"
</pre>
-<h3>Standalone shell</h3>
-
-<p>
- Busybox also has a feature called the
- <a name="standalone_shell">"standalone shell"</a>, where the Busybox
- shell runs any built-in applets before checking the command path. This
- feature is not enabled by "make defconfig". To try it out, set
- CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS and CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE to 'y'
- in .config (using text editor, or by running "make menuconfig" and
- setting these options interactively), rebuild Busybox, then run
- the command line "PATH= ./busybox ash".
- This will blank your command search path
- and run Busybox as your command shell, so the only commands it can find
- (without an explicit path such as /bin/ls) are the built-in Busybox ones.
- Note that the standalone shell also requires CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
- to be set appropriately, and the default value, /proc/self/exe, would work
- only if /proc filesystem is mounted.
- (So if you set it to /proc/self/exe, and happen to be able to chroot into
- your rootfs, you must mount /proc beforehand.)
- If you do not have /proc mouted, then point that config option
- to the location of your Busybox binary, usually /bin/busybox.
-</p>
-<p>
- A typical indication that you set CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH to
- /proc/self/exe but /proc is not mounted:
-</p>
-<pre>
-$ /bin/echo $PATH
-/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
-$ echo $PATH
-/bin/sh: echo: not found
-</pre>
-<p>
- If this is a serious limitation for you, you may patch the kernel
- so that it always understands exec("/proc/self/exe"), even if /proc
- is not mounted. For example, in linux-2.6.30, you need to patch
- open_exec() function in fs/exec.c file:
-</p>
-<pre>
- file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name,
- O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | FMODE_EXEC, 0,
- MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
-- if (IS_ERR(file))
-- goto out;
-+ if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-+ if ((PTR_ERR(file) == -ENOENT || PTR_ERR(file) == -EACCES)
-+ && strcmp(name, "/proc/self/exe") == 0
-+ ) {
-+ struct file *sv = file;
-+ struct mm_struct *mm;
-
-+ mm = get_task_mm(current);
-+ if (!mm)
-+ goto out;
-+ file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
-+ mmput(mm);
-+ if (file)
-+ goto ok;
-+ file = sv;
-+ }
-+ goto out;
-+ }
-+ok:
- err = -EACCES;
-</pre>
-
<hr />
<h2><a name="configure">How do I configure Busybox?</a></h2>
@@ -916,6 +851,81 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv)
</p>
<hr />
+<h2><a name="standalone_shell">I selected "standalone shell" option and now I have problems</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+ Busybox has a feature called the
+ <a name="standalone_shell">"standalone shell"</a>, where the Busybox
+ shell runs any built-in applets before checking the command path. This
+ feature is not enabled by "make defconfig". To try it out, set
+ CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS and CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE to 'y'
+ in .config (using text editor, or by running "make menuconfig" and
+ setting these options interactively), rebuild Busybox, then run
+ the command line "PATH= ./busybox ash".
+ This will blank your command search path
+ and run Busybox as your command shell, so the only commands it can find
+ (without an explicit path such as /bin/ls) are the built-in Busybox ones.
+ Note that the standalone shell also requires CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
+ to be set appropriately, and the default value, /proc/self/exe, would work
+ only if /proc filesystem is mounted.
+ (So if you set it to /proc/self/exe, and happen to be able to chroot into
+ your rootfs, you must mount /proc beforehand.)
+ If you do not have /proc mouted, then point that config option
+ to the location of your Busybox binary, usually /bin/busybox.
+</p>
+<p>
+ A typical indication that you set CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH to
+ /proc/self/exe but /proc is not mounted:
+</p>
+<pre>
+$ /bin/echo $PATH
+/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
+$ echo $PATH
+/bin/sh: echo: not found
+</pre>
+<p>
+ If this is a serious limitation for you, you may patch the kernel
+ so that it always understands exec("/proc/self/exe"), even if /proc
+ is not mounted. For example, in linux-2.6.30, you need to patch
+ open_exec() function in fs/exec.c file:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name,
+ O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | FMODE_EXEC, 0,
+ MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+- if (IS_ERR(file))
+- goto out;
++ if (IS_ERR(file)) {
++ if ((PTR_ERR(file) == -ENOENT || PTR_ERR(file) == -EACCES)
++ && strcmp(name, "/proc/self/exe") == 0
++ ) {
++ struct file *sv = file;
++ struct mm_struct *mm;
+
++ mm = get_task_mm(current);
++ if (!mm)
++ goto out;
++ file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
++ mmput(mm);
++ if (file)
++ goto ok;
++ file = sv;
++ }
++ goto out;
++ }
++ok:
+ err = -EACCES;
+</pre>
+<p>
+ Since standalone shell option is not the default, it is less thoroughly
+ tested. If you think you see a bug in standalone shell's behavior,
+ first verify that the bug is indeed caused by this option: rebuild
+ Busybox with CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS and CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
+ turned off. If shell's behavior has changed, report the bug to the Busybox
+ mailing list.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
<h1>Misc. questions</h1>
<hr />
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