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Creating a Chrooted Environment

This lab will allow you to practice creating a chrooted environment, adding access to Linux commands, along with including shared libraries for these commands. You will create a chrooted jailed environment as well as ensuring the inmates can `cat` out the false escape plans that you will leave behind.

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Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Last updated

Sep 03, 2025

Challenge

Create a directory named /home/elba
1. Once logged in to the server, become the root user using the command sudo su -. When prompted, enter the cloud_user password shown in the lab’s credentials section.
2. Create a directory for elba within the /home directory.
```
 mkdir /home/elba
```
Challenge

Create a new user called napoleon.
1. Create a new user for your environment named napoleon.
```
 useradd napoleon
```
Challenge

Create the bin and lib64 directories in /home/elba
1. Create two new directories, bin and lib64, within the /home/elba directory.
```
 mkdir /home/elba/{bin,lib64}
```
Challenge

Copy /bin/bash into /home/elba/bin/bash.
1. Copy /bin/bash into /home/elba/bin/bash.
```
 cp /bin/bash /home/elba/bin/bash
```
Challenge

Copy /bin/ls in to /home/elba/bin/ls
1. Copy /usr/bin/ls into /home/elba/bin/ls.
```
 cp /bin/ls /home/elba/bin/ls
```
Challenge

Copy /bin/cat in to /home/elba/bin/cat
1. Copy /bin/cat into /home/elba/bin/cat.
```
 cp /bin/cat /home/elba/bin/cat
```

Challenge

Copy the libraries needed for bash, ls, and cat over to /home/elba/lib64.

Find and copy the libraries needed for bash, ls, and cat over to /home/elba/lib64.

	ldd /bin/bash /bin/ls /bin/cat

	cp /lib64/libtinfo.so.5  
	/lib64/libdl.so.2 
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 
	/lib64/libselinux.so.1 
	/lib64/librt.so.1 
	/lib64/libcap.so.2 
	/lib64/libacl.so.1 
	/lib64/libc.so.6 
	/lib64/libpthread.so.0 
	/lib64/libattr.so.1 
	/lib64/libpcre.so.1  /home/elba/lib64

Challenge

Create the waterloo.txt file in the /home/elba directory
1. Using vi, create the waterloo.txt file in the /home/elba directory with instructions on how to escape.
```
 vi /home/elba/waterloo.txt
```
Challenge

Create a chrooted environment in /home/elba with a bash shell.
1. Using the chroot command, create a chrooted environment in /home/elba with a Bash shell.
```
 chroot /home/elba /bin/bash
```
Challenge

Confirm commands work.
1. Using the command pwd, confirm the present working directory and then confirm that you can use the ls command.
```
	pwd
```
```
	ls
```
```
	cat
```
Challenge

View the contents of waterloo.txt and find out how to escape your environment.
1. View the contents of waterloo.txt and find out how to escape your environment.
```
 cat waterloo.txt
```

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Creating a Chrooted Environment

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Table of Contents

Create a directory named /home/elba

Create a new user called napoleon.

Create the bin and lib64 directories in /home/elba

Copy /bin/bash into /home/elba/bin/bash.

Copy /bin/ls in to /home/elba/bin/ls

Copy /bin/cat in to /home/elba/bin/cat

Copy the libraries needed for bash, ls, and cat over to /home/elba/lib64.

Create the waterloo.txt file in the /home/elba directory

Create a chrooted environment in /home/elba with a bash shell.

Confirm commands work.

View the contents of waterloo.txt and find out how to escape your environment.

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