chroot(1) User Commands chroot(1)
NAME
chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory
SYNOPSIS
chroot [OPTION]... NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
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
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 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
chroot(1)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.10 March 2026 chroot(1)
coreutils 9.10 - Generated Wed Apr 1 15:59:52 CDT 2026