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35.Dd October 6, 1998
36.Dt CHROOT 8
37.Os BSD 4.3
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm chroot
40.Nd change root directory
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl u user
44.Op Fl g group
45.Op Fl G group,group,...
46.Ar newroot
47.Op Ar command
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
52.Ar newroot
53and exec's
54.Ar command ,
55if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell.
56.Pp
57If the
58.Fl u ,
59.Fl g
60or
61.Fl G
62options are given, the user, group and group list of the process are
63set to these values after the chroot has taken place. See
64.Xr setgid 2 ,
65.Xr setgroups 2 ,
66.Xr setuid 2 ,
67.Xr getgrnam 3
68and
69.Xr getpwnam 3 .
70.Pp
71Note,
72.Ar command
73or the shell are run as your real-user-id.
74.Sh ENVIRONMENT
75The following environment variable is referenced by
76.Nm :
77.Bl -tag -width SHELL
78.It Ev SHELL
79If set,
80the string specified by
81.Ev SHELL
82is interpreted as the name of
83the shell to exec.
84If the variable
85.Ev SHELL
86is not set,
87.Pa /bin/sh
88is used.
89.El
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr chdir 2 ,
92.Xr chroot 2 ,
93.Xr environ 7
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Nm
97utility first appeared in
98.Bx 4.4 .
99.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
100.Nm
101should never be installed setuid root, as it would then be possible
102to exploit the program to gain root privileges.