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Philippe Charnier 490d5836b5 The .Nm utility
2002-07-14 14:47:15 +00:00

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.\" @(#)chroot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.Dd January 24, 2002
.Dt CHROOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm chroot
.Nd change root directory
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar newroot
.Op Ar command
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility changes its current and root directories to the supplied directory
.Ar newroot
and then exec's
.Ar command ,
if supplied, or an interactive copy of the user's login shell.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is referenced by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev SHELL"
.It Ev SHELL
If set,
the string specified by
.Ev SHELL
is interpreted as the name of
the shell to exec.
If the variable
.Ev SHELL
is not set,
.Pa /bin/sh
is used.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chdir 2 ,
.Xr chroot 2 ,
.Xr environ 7 ,
.Xr jail 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .