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'