What is the safest way to run an executable on Linux?

Question

I am trying to run a program compiled from C code from an unknown source. I want to make sure that the program does not harm my system in anyway. Like for instance, the pro

Answer 1

chroot is one possibility if you want to isolate it from everything else but still have an environment for it to run in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chroot

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot