NetBSD/usr.sbin/chroot/chroot.8
agc 326b2259b7 Move UCB-licensed code from 4-clause to 3-clause licence.
Patches provided by Joel Baker in PR 22366, verified by myself.
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.\" from: @(#)chroot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.Dd October 6, 1998
.Dt CHROOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm chroot
.Nd change root directory
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl u Ar user
.Op Fl g Ar group
.Op Fl G Ar group,group,...
.Ar newroot
.Op Ar command
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command changes its root directory to the supplied directory
.Ar newroot
and exec's
.Ar command ,
if supplied, or an interactive copy of your shell.
.Pp
If the
.Fl u ,
.Fl g
or
.Fl G
options are given, the user, group and group list of the process are
set to these values after the chroot has taken place. See
.Xr setgid 2 ,
.Xr setgroups 2 ,
.Xr setuid 2 ,
.Xr getgrnam 3
and
.Xr getpwnam 3 .
.Pp
Note,
.Ar command
or the shell are run as your real-user-id.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is referenced by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width 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
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .
.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
.Nm
should never be installed setuid root, as it would then be possible
to exploit the program to gain root privileges.