CHROOT(1) User Commands CHROOT(1)
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.
--userspec=USER:GROUP
specify user and group (ID or name) to use
--groups=G_LIST
specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
If no command is given, run '${SHELL} -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').
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AUTHOR
Written by Roland McGrath.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
mitted by law.
SEE ALSO
chroot(2)
The full documentation for chroot is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chroot programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'chroot invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 November 2016 CHROOT(1)
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