chroot - Man Page
run command or interactive shell with special root directory
Examples (TL;DR)
- Run command as new root directory:
chroot path/to/new/root command - Use a specific user and group:
chroot --userspec=username_or_id:group_name_or_id
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.
Reporting Bugs
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
Referenced By
arch-chroot(8), btrfs-receive(8), buildah-build(1), buildah-from(1), buildah-run(1), chroot(2), lxc.container.conf(5), mount_namespaces(7), pivot_root(8), podman-build(1), podman-farm-build(1), podman-run(1), supermin(1), systemd-nspawn(1).