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2 .TH CHROOT "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.21" "User Commands"
4 chroot \- run command or interactive shell with special root directory
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] \fINEWROOT \fR[\fICOMMAND \fR[\fIARG\fR]...]
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14 Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
16 \fB\-\-userspec\fR=\fIUSER\fR:GROUP
17 specify user and group (ID or name) to use
19 \fB\-\-groups\fR=\fIG_LIST\fR
20 specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN
23 display this help and exit
26 output version information and exit
28 If no command is given, run '${SHELL} \fB\-i\fR' (default: '/bin/sh \fB\-i\fR').
30 Written by Roland McGrath.
32 Report chroot bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
34 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
36 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
38 Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
40 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
41 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
43 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
44 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
48 The full documentation for
50 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
54 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
56 .B info coreutils \(aqchroot invocation\(aq
58 should give you access to the complete manual.