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    The chroot command runs a command or shell with a different root directory, treating that directory as the root file system. It allows isolating a command or shell within a restricted directory tree. The syntax is chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...], where NEWROOT sets the new root directory and COMMAND runs within that restricted environment. If no command is specified, it drops you into an interactive shell within the new root.

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    The chroot command runs a command or shell with a different root directory, treating that directory as the root file system. It allows isolating a command or shell within a restricted directory tree. The syntax is chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...], where NEWROOT sets the new root directory and COMMAND runs within that restricted environment. If no command is specified, it drops you into an interactive shell within the new root.

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    Quick Links: About Chroot Syntax Related Commands Linux and Unix Main Page

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    The chroot command runs a command or shell with a different root directory, treating that directory as the root file system. It allows isolating a command or shell within a restricted directory tree. The syntax is chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...], where NEWROOT sets the new root directory and COMMAND runs within that restricted environment. If no command is specified, it drops you into an interactive shell within the new root.

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    Linux and Unix chroot command


    Quick links
    About chroot
    Syntax
    Related commands
    Linux and Unix main page

    About chroot
    chroot runs a command or an interactive shell from another directory, and treats that directory as
    root.
    This process is called changing root and the new root directory is referred to as chroot jail.
    See our chroot definition for further information and history of this command.

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

    chroot runs COMMAND with the root directory set to NEWROOT.


    OPTION may be one of the following:
    -specify the user and group to use. USER and GROUP may be specified by
    userspec=USER:GRO
    name or numeric ID.
    UP
    --groups=G_LIST

    specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN

    --help

    display a help message, and exit.

    --version

    output version information, and exit.

    If no command is specified, chroot executes the command '${SHELL} -i'. By default, this is
    '/bin/sh -i'. This will drop you into a sh shell as root in the NEWROOT directory.

    Related commands
    chdir The system function for changing the working directory.

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