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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.

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

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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       If no command is given, run ‘‘${SHELL} -i’’ (default: /bin/sh).

AUTHOR

       Written by Roland McGrath.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report chroot bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://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

       chroot(2)

       The full documentation for chroot is maintained as  a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the  info  and chroot programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info coreutils 'chroot invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.