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: <[email protected]>.
Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chroot invocation'