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NAME

6       chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
10       chroot OPTION
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DESCRIPTION

13       Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
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15       --groups=G_LIST
16              specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
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18       --userspec=USER:GROUP
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21       --skip-chdir
22              do not change working directory to '/'
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24       --help display this help and exit
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26       --version
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29       If no command is given, run '"$SHELL" -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').
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31   Exit status:
32       125    if the chroot command itself fails
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38       -      the exit status of COMMAND otherwise
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AUTHOR

41       Written by Roland McGrath.
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REPORTING BUGS

44       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
45       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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48       Copyright  ©  2023  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
49       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
50       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
51       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

54       chroot(2)
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56       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
57       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
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61GNU coreutils 9.3               September 2023                       CHROOT(1)
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