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CHROOT(1) User Commands CHROOT(1)

chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

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

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').

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Written by Roland McGrath.

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 permitted by law.

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.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22
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