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.

       --userspec=USER:GROUP
              specify user and group (ID or name) to use

       --groups=G_LIST
              specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

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

AUTHOR
       Written by Roland McGrath.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report chroot bugs to bug-coreutilsATgnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>;
       Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   2010   Free   Software   Foundation,   Inc.    License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://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
       chroot(2)

       The full documentation for chroot is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If  the  info  and  chroot  programs  are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'chroot invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.5                                         November 2010                                                CHROOT(1)