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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.

Reporting Bugs

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Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

chroot(2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot> or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) chroot invocation\(aq