CHROOT(1) |
User Commands |
CHROOT(1) |
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 © 2015 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'