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CHROOT(1)

NAME

chroot − change root directory

SYNOPSIS

chroot newdir

DESCRIPTION

Chroot changes the root directory to newdir and then execs a new shell.  The new shell is determined from the environment variable SHELL, if it is not set then /bin/sh is used.  The shell is executed relative to the new directory.  The prompt is changed to (subroot)-> to remind the user of his new environment. 

Only the superuser can change the root directory. 

FILES

/bin/sh

SEE ALSO

chroot(2)

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