chroot
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 -i').
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 © 2013 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.