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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 -i').

       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report chroot translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Roland McGrath.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2013 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.



GNU coreutils 8.22		 February 2016			     CHROOT(1)