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CHROOT(8) | User Commands | 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').
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/>
Report any translation bugs to
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COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2023 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.
SEE ALSO¶
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
March 2024 | GNU coreutils 9.4 |