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chroot(8) |
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chroot − run command or interactive shell with special root directory
chroot
[OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND
[ARG]...]
chroot OPTION
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).
Written by Roland McGrath.
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/>
Copyright
© 2010 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.
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.
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