chroot (8)
NAME
chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directorySYNOPSIS
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.orgGNU 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/>
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.