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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man8/chroot.8 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/chroot.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/chroot.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1125a7df --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/chroot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: chroot.8,v 1.14 2011/08/15 14:43:17 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)chroot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" +.Dd August 13, 2011 +.Dt CHROOT 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm chroot +.Nd change root directory +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl G Ar group,group,... +.Op Fl g Ar group +.Op Fl u Ar user +.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 , +or, if not supplied, 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 ldd 1 , +.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. |
