Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

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').

AUTHOR

Written by Roland McGrath.

REPORTING BUGS

Report chroot bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

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.

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.