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').

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

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 permitted 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.