NAME¶

chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

SYNOPSIS¶

chroot [OPTION]... NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]

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¶

Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2025 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 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

chroot(2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'