chroot

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


     chroot - change root directory


     chroot [-g group,group,...] [-u user] newroot [command]


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

     The chroot command is restricted to the superuser.

     The options are as follows:

     -g group,group,...
             Override the primary and supplemental group IDs.  The primary
             group ID is set to the first group in the list.  Any remaining
             groups are placed in the supplemental group ID vector.  Each
             group listed must exist in the  databases.

     -u user
             Set user ID to user (which must exist in the  database).
             The primary and supplemental group IDs will be set based on the
             user's entries in the  and  databases unless
             overridden by the -g option.


     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.


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     The chroot utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.


     chroot should never be installed setuid root, as it would then be possi-
     ble to exploit the program to gain root privileges.

OpenBSD 4.2                      May 31, 2007                                1