Manual: gnuchroot

CHROOT(8)						User Commands						   CHROOT(8)

NAME
       chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory

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

DESCRIPTION
       Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.

       --groups=G_LIST
	      specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN

       --userspec=USER:GROUP
	      specify user and group (ID or name) to use

       --skip-chdir
	      do not change working directory to '/'

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       If no command is given, run '"$SHELL" -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').

   Exit status:
       125    if the chroot command itself fails

       126    if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked

       127    if COMMAND cannot be found

       -      the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

AUTHOR
       Written by Roland McGrath.

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SEE ALSO
       chroot(2)

       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						   CHROOT(8)