diff --git a/scripts/sid b/scripts/sid
index 1d96477..e899d42 100644
--- a/scripts/sid
+++ b/scripts/sid
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ first_stage_install () {
 	setup_etc
 	if [ ! -e "$TARGET/etc/fstab" ]; then
 		echo '# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM' > "$TARGET/etc/fstab"
-		chown 0:0 "$TARGET/etc/fstab"; chmod 644 "$TARGET/etc/fstab"
+		chmod 644 "$TARGET/etc/fstab"
 	fi

 	setup_devices
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ Status: install ok installed" >> "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/status"
 	if doing_variant fakechroot; then
 		setup_proc_fakechroot
 	else
-		setup_proc
 		in_target /sbin/ldconfig
 	fi

@@ -166,6 +165,20 @@ echo
 echo \"Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing\"" > "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon"
 	chmod 755 "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon"

+	# Replace problematic binaries with a stub
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/bin/chown"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/groupadd"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/groupdel"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/groupmod"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/useradd"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/userdel"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/usermod"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/bin/chage"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/bin/chfn"
+	echo "" > "$TARGET/usr/bin/dpkg-statoverride"
+
+	echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8\nnameserver 8.8.4.4" > "$TARGET/etc/resolv.conf"
+
 	setup_dselect_method apt

 	smallyes '' |