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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       --userspec=USER:GROUP
16              specify user and group (ID or name) to use
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18       --groups=G_LIST
19              specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
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21       --help display this help and exit
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23       --version
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26       If no command is given, run ``${SHELL} -i'' (default: /bin/sh).
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AUTHOR

29       Written by Roland McGrath.
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REPORTING BUGS

32       Report chroot bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
33       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
34       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
35       Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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38       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
39       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
40       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
41       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

44       chroot(2)
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46       The  full  documentation  for chroot is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
47       If the info and chroot programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
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56GNU coreutils 8.5                November 2010                       CHROOT(1)
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