NAME
chroot – run command or interactive shell with special root directorySYNOPSIS
chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]…]chroot OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
- –userspec=USER:GROUP
- specify user and group (ID or name) to use
- –groups=G_LIST
- specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
- –help
- display this help and exit
- –version
- output version information and exit
If no command is given, run ‘${SHELL} -i‘ (default: ‘/bin/sh -i‘).
Willie
Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.