| CHROOT(1) | General Commands Manual | CHROOT(1) |
NAME
chroot - Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
SYNOPSIS
chroot [OPTION]... NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
DESCRIPTION
Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
OPTIONS
- --groups <GROUP1,GROUP2...>
- Comma-separated list of groups to switch to
- --userspec <USER:GROUP>
- Colon-separated user and group to switch to.
- --skip-chdir
- Use this option to not change the working directory to / after changing the root directory to newroot, i.e., inside the chroot.
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -V, --version
- Print version
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0
| 2026-09-01 |