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CHROOT(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		     CHROOT(8)

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.

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

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variable is referenced by chroot:

     SHELL  If set, the string specified by SHELL is interpreted as the name
	    of the shell to exec.  If the variable SHELL is not set, /bin/sh
	    is used.

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

HISTORY
     The chroot utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution	 June 9, 1993	     4.3 Berkeley Distribution
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