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authorrgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>1994-05-26 05:23:31 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)chroot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 9, 1993
+.Dt CHROOT 8
+.Os BSD 4.3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm chroot
+.Nd change root directory
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm chroot
+.Ar newroot
+.Op Ar command
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm chroot
+command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
+.Ar newroot
+and exec's
+.Ar command ,
+if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell.
+.Pp
+Note,
+.Ar command
+or the shell are run as your real-user-id.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+The following environment variable is referenced by
+.Nm chroot :
+.Bl -tag -width SHELL
+.It Ev SHELL
+If set,
+the string specified by
+.Ev SHELL
+is interpreted as the name of
+the shell to exec.
+If the variable
+.Ev SHELL
+is not set,
+.Pa /bin/sh
+is used.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr chdir 2 ,
+.Xr chroot 2 ,
+.Xr environ 7
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm chroot
+utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
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