chroot(1) General Commands Manual chroot(1) NAME chroot - Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. SYNOPSIS chroot [-u|--user] [-g|--group] [-G|--groups] [--userspec] [--skip-chdir] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [command] DESCRIPTION Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. OPTIONS -u, --user=USER User (ID or name) to switch before running the program -g, --group=GROUP Group (ID or name) to switch to -G, --groups=GROUP1,GROUP2... Comma-separated list of groups to switch to --userspec=USER:GROUP Colon-separated user and group to switch to. Same as -u USER -g GROUP. Userspec has higher preference than -u and/or -g --skip-chdir Use this option to not change the working directory to / after changing the root directory to newroot, i.e., inside the chroot. -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version VERSION v0.0.26 chroot 0.0.26 chroot(1)