CHROOT(8) User Commands CHROOT(8)
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
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2016 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
permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
chroot(2)
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
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