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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