CHROOT(8)               OpenBSD System Manager's Manual              CHROOT(8)

NAME
     chroot - change root directory

SYNOPSIS
     chroot newroot [command]

DESCRIPTION
     The chroot command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
     newroot and executes command, if supplied, or an interactive copy of your
     shell.

     Note, command or the shell are run as your real user ID.

ENVIRONMENT
     SHELL  If set, the string specified by SHELL is interpreted as the name
            of the shell to execute.  If the variable SHELL is not set,
            /bin/sh is used.

SEE ALSO
     chdir(2), chroot(2), environ(7)

HISTORY
     The chroot command is currently under development.

OpenBSD 2.9                     March 16, 1991                               1
