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 © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
https://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.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
January 2025 | GNU coreutils 9.6 |