chroot - Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
chroot [--groups]
[--userspec] [--skip-chdir]
[-h|--help]
[-V|--version]
<newroot> [command]
Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
<GROUP1,GROUP2...>Comma-separated list of groups to switch to
<USER:GROUP>Colon-separated user and group to switch to.
Use this option to not change the working directory to / after changing the root directory to newroot, i.e., inside the chroot.
Print help
Print version
v(uutils coreutils) 0.10.0
Run `$SHELL` in the new root directory:
sudo chroot path/to/new_root
Run command as new root directory:
sudo chroot path/to/new_root command
Use a specific user and group:
sudo chroot --userspec username_or_id:group_name_or_id path/to/new_root
The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.