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
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2025 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 9.6 January 2025 CHROOT(1)