System
chroot
Changes the root directory for the current process.
Ubuntu
CentOS
Debian
Arch
SUSE
Slackware
Alpine
Fedora
Verified: 2025-10-08
Syntax
$chroot [OPTIONEN] NEUES_ROOT [BEFEHL]
Examples
$sudo chroot /mnt/arch /bin/bash
$chroot --help
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
chroot --help
Note
Used for system recovery and containers.
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