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 Comma-separated list of groups to switch to --userspec 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 CHROOT(1)