CHROOT(1) User Commands CHROOT(1)

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.

specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
specify user and group (ID or name) to use
do not change working directory to '/'
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

If no command is given, run '"$SHELL" -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').

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if the chroot command itself fails
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if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked
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if COMMAND cannot be found
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the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

Written by Roland McGrath.

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chroot(2)

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'

January 2024 GNU coreutils 9.4