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Localhost-29A
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 Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:59 pm Post subject: [Solved] Gentoo's development sandbox , Whats that? |
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Hi, when I install gentoo, in my development category where my programs are stored in my DE there is a program that i haven't installed and it's called "sandbox". If I open it it takes me to some kind of CLI but I don't really understand what it is that for. Could someone explain it to me?
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eccerr0r
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Sandbox is a helper shell to notify the user if a program is misbehaving and writing files where you don't expect it to. You'll get a warning and sandbox will stop the program from writing that file. Sandbox is a bit different than a chroot as it still allows the program to "look" like it's running in a normal environment, and even with root.
Sandbox is used by Portage to make sure packages' install scripts don't write files unexpectedly - so every Gentoo install should have it. The sandbox package ended up installing an entry that will show up in DE's, and hence you see it. |
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Localhost-29A
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| Perfect answer, thanks, i wasn't sure what it was and if i could unmerge it, now i know. |
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