chroot
run command or interactive shell with special root directory
- Provided by: gnu-coreutils (Version: 9.10-1ubuntu2)
- Source: coreutils
- Report a bug
SYNOPSIS
chroot [OPTION]... NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
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
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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SEE ALSO
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
Packaged by Ubuntu (9.10-1ubuntu2)
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.