.TH CHROOTUID 1 
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.SH NAME
chrootuid
\-
run command in restricted environment
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBchrootuid\fR \fInewroot newuser command\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBchrootuid\fR command sets up a restricted environment for
executing \fIcommand\fR. Access to the file system is restricted to
the \fInewroot\fR subtree; privileges are restricted to those of
the \fInewuser\fR account (which must be a known account in the
unrestricted environment).
The initial working directory is changed to \fInewroot\fR.

\fBchrootuid\fR combines chroot(8) and su(1) into one program, so
that there is no need to have commands such as /usr/bin/su
in the restricted environment.

Only the superuser can use the \fBchrootuid\fR command.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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The exit status is 1 when \fBchrootuid\fR has a problem, otherwise
the exit status is the exit status of \fIcommand\fR.
.SH SEE ALSO
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chroot(8), su(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Problems are reported to the syslog daemon.
.SH AUTHOR(S)
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Wietse Venema
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
.SH CREATION DATE
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Tue Oct 13 11:37:29 MET 1992
.SH LAST MODIFICATION
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Wed Jul 25 11:25:08 EDT 2001
.SH VERSION/RELEASE
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1.3