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-coreutils@gnu.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  redistri-
     bute  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



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