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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)chroot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 9, 1993
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.Dt CHROOT 8
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm chroot
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.Nd change root directory
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ar newroot
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.Op Ar command
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
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.Ar newroot
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and exec's
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.Ar command ,
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if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell.
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.Pp
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Note,
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.Ar command
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or the shell are run as your real-user-id.
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The following environment variable is referenced by
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.Nm :
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.Bl -tag -width SHELL
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.It Ev SHELL
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If set,
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the string specified by
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.Ev SHELL
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is interpreted as the name of
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the shell to exec.
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If the variable
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.Ev SHELL
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is not set,
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.Pa /bin/sh
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is used.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chdir 2 ,
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.Xr chroot 2 ,
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.Xr environ 7
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.Sh HISTORY
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utility first appeared in
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