On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 09:17:28PM +0100, David Harrison wrote:
> On 05/05/2015 20:43, dng-request@??? wrote:
> >Well, the problem here is that systemd is*not* hot-pluggable, at all,
> >as we have recently learned the hard way.
>
> Here's a thought. Thrown to the list with no requisite knowledge to back it
> up, so please don't bite!
>
> Is there any way of building a package or some other installable to create a
> sandboxed/containerised/quarantined/VM'd minimal systemd? That's if minimal
> isn't a contradiction in terms where systemd's concerned? Just complete
> enough for a user to install and use contaminatedware within it, when they
> really have no other choice, but designed not to leak out and infect their
> otherwise clean system?

I'd imagine this would be best done via debootstrap install of Debian
and some script that can properly configure the result as a VM/container
(if it's even possible to use systemd in a container).

HTH,
Isaac Dunham