CHROOT(1) User Commands CHROOT(1) 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'). 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 GNU coreutils online help: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . 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 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation' GNU coreutils 9.5 March 2024 CHROOT(1)