Linux "chroot" Command Line Options and Examples

run command or interactive shell with special root directory

Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. --groups=G_LIST specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..

Usage:

chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...] chroot OPTION

Command Line Options:

--groups

specify supplementary groups as g1,g2,..,gN


                            chroot --groups ...

--userspec

specify user and group (ID or name) to use


                            chroot --userspec ...

--skip-chdir

do not change working directory to '/'


                            chroot --skip-chdir ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            chroot --help ...

--version

output version information and exitIf no command is given, run '"$SHELL" -i' (default: '/bin/sh -i').AUTHORWritten by Roland McGrath.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 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.


                            chroot --version ...