Name
chroot
Synopsis
chroot dirname
Changes the root directory for the current process
to dirname
—the starting point for
pathnames beginning with /
.
This directory is inherited across exec
calls and by all subprocesses.
There is no way to undo a chroot
. Only the superuser can use this
function.
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