chroot

NAME

chroot - change root directory

SYNOPSIS 

chroot newroot [command]

DESCRIPTION

The chroot(1) command changes its root directory to the supplied directory newroot and executes command, if it is supplied, or it executes an interactive copy of your shell.

Note, command or the shell are run as your real user identifier (ID).

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variable is referenced by chroot:(1)
SHELL
If set, the string specified by SHELL is interpreted as the name of the shell to execute. If the variable SHELL is not set, /bin/sh is used.

SEE ALSO

chdir(2)

chroot(2)