CHROOT(8) 1990 CHROOT(8) NNAAMMEE chroot - change root directory SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS cchhrroooott nneewwrroooott [[ ccoommmmaanndd ]] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The _c_h_r_o_o_t command changes its root directory to the sup- plied directory _n_e_w_r_o_o_t and exec's _c_o_m_m_a_n_d, if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell (as specified by the environmental variable _S_H_E_L_L) if not. /_b_i_n/_s_h is used if _S_H_E_L_L is not specified. Note, _c_o_m_m_a_n_d or the shell are run as your real-user-id. SSEEEE AALLSSOO chdir(2), chroot(2), environ(7) Printed 7/27/90 June 1