Linux chroot Command

What is Linux chroot Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use chroot command in Linux. chroot command is chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory.

chroot Syntax#

chroot [OPTION] NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
chroot OPTION

chroot Examples#

chroot Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of chroot command. chroot command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for chroot command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man chroot

To open info page for chroot command we can use command below.

info chroot

To open help page from chroot command we can run command below.

chroot --help

Linux chroot Command Source Code#

You can find chroot command source code from the folowing repositories:

• chroot source code on GitHub
• chroot source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• chroot source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use chroot in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.