CHROOT

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Section: User Commands (8)
Updated: September 2021
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NAME

chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

SYNOPSIS

chroot [,OPTION/] ,NEWROOT /[,COMMAND /[,ARG/]...]
chroot ,OPTION/

DESCRIPTION

Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.

--groups=,G_LIST/: specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
--userspec=,USER/:GROUP: specify user and group (ID or name) to use
--skip-chdir: do not change working directory to '/'
--help: display this help and exit
--version: output version information and exit

If no command is given, run '"$SHELL" -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').

AUTHOR

Written by Roland McGrath.

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COPYRIGHT

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