| CHROOT(8) | MidnightBSD System Manager's Manual | CHROOT(8) |
chroot — change
root directory
chroot |
[-u user]
[-g group]
[-G group,group,...]
newroot [command] |
The chroot utility changes its current and
root directories to the supplied directory newroot and
then exec's command, if supplied, or an interactive
copy of the user's login shell.
If the -u, -g or
-G options are given, the user, group and group list
of the process are set to these values after the
chroot has taken place.
The following environment variable is referenced by
chroot:
SHELLSHELL is
interpreted as the name of the shell to exec. If the variable
SHELL is not set, /bin/sh
is used.chdir(2), chroot(2), setgid(2), setgroups(2), setuid(2), getgrnam(3), environ(7), jail(8)
The chroot utility first appeared in
AT&T System III UNIX and
4.3BSD-Reno.
| June 27, 2020 | midnightbsd-3.1 |