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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