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').

Exit status:

125: if the chroot command itself fails
126: if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked
127: if COMMAND cannot be found
-: the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

AUTHOR

Written by Roland McGrath.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2025 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.