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@(#)chroot.8 5.2 (Berkeley) 06/24/90

CHROOT 8 ""
C 6
NAME
chroot - change root directory
SYNOPSIS
chroot newroot [ command ]
DESCRIPTION
The chroot command changes its root directory to the supplied directory newroot and exec's command , if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell (as specified by the environmental variable SHELL ) if not. /bin/sh is used if SHELL is not specified.

Note, command or the shell are run as your real-user-id.

"SEE ALSO"
chdir(2), chroot(2), environ(7)