How to set up a chroot environment with RedHat Linux 6.2

====== Set up chroot environment via backup from real system ======


  * C library (libc/glibc)
  * Resolver for nameservices (DNS, NIS, ...)
  * Authentication information (/etc/passwd, group, shadow, ...)
  * Additional libraries like libz, ...
  * If You want to run CGI scripts, additionally
  * Shells (bash, tcsh, zsh)
  * Perl, Python, whatever scripting language the cgi's use

the more clean approach is to install RPM itself inside the chroot() and afterwards install the whole system using the ready-made binary RPMs. This is the same like what the normal RedHat installation procedure does if You are installing on a new system

====== Installing the chroot() environment using rpm ======
Refer to http://ftp.gnumonks.org/pub/doc/chroot-howto.html