CHROOT(8) (September 2020) CHROOT(8) 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'). AUTHOR Written by Roland McGrath. REPORTING BUGS GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT Copyright c 2020 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 redis- tribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO chroot(2) Full documentation Page 1 GNU coreutils 8.32 (printed 5/23/22) CHROOT(8) (September 2020) CHROOT(8) <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot> or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) chroot invoca- tionaq Page 2 GNU coreutils 8.32 (printed 5/23/22)