CHROOT(1) General Commands Manual CHROOT(1)

chroot - Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.

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

Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.

Comma-separated list of groups to switch to
Colon-separated user and group to switch to.
Use this option to not change the working directory to / after changing the root directory to newroot, i.e., inside the chroot.
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v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0

2026-09-01