chroot8
Run command or interactive shell with special root directory
Usage
chroot [OPTION]
NEWROOT
[COMMAND
[ARG] ...]
chroot OPTION
Overview
Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
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--groups=G_LIST -
specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
-
--userspec=USER:GROUP -
specify user and group (ID or name) to use
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--skip-chdir -
do not change working directory to '/'
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--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 |
-
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the exit status of COMMAND otherwise |
Releases
18 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 14 times.
--groups since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--help since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--skip-chdir since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--userspec since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--version since Debian 1.3 (Bo).