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author | Andreas Kling <awesomekling@gmail.com> | 2020-01-10 23:23:20 +0100 |
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committer | Andreas Kling <awesomekling@gmail.com> | 2020-01-10 23:23:20 +0100 |
commit | 3f9e4cd24e89c13018947fc967d1801b17c0ec3f (patch) | |
tree | e7e18c3768a0aefc6ac717e26a4394e459ac1c88 /Base/usr | |
parent | ddd0b192819b3d782682a47e463dc30ee29c739e (diff) | |
download | serenity-3f9e4cd24e89c13018947fc967d1801b17c0ec3f.zip |
chroot: Add a little chroot program
This program changes the current filesystem root and spawns a shell.
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-rw-r--r-- | Base/usr/share/man/man2/chroot.md | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Base/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.md | 28 |
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diff --git a/Base/usr/share/man/man2/chroot.md b/Base/usr/share/man/man2/chroot.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..472b3ce601 --- /dev/null +++ b/Base/usr/share/man/man2/chroot.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +## Name + +chroot - change filesystem root + +## Synopsis + +```**c++ +#include <unistd.h> + +int chroot(const char* path); +``` + +## Description + +`chroot()` changes the filesystem root of the current process to a new directory specified by `path`. + +## Errors + +* `EPERM`: The current process does not have superuser privileges. +* `EFAULT`: `path` is not in readable memory. + +All of the usual path resolution errors may also occur. + +## See also + +* [`chroot`(8)](../man8/chroot.md) diff --git a/Base/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.md b/Base/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..62f70ccdcf --- /dev/null +++ b/Base/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +## Name + +chroot - run a shell with a different filesystem root + +## Synopsis + +```**sh +# chroot +``` + +## Description + +This program uses the [`chroot`(2)](../man2/chroot.md) syscall to switch into a +different filesystem root and spawn a shell inside it. + +It will not work unless there is a `/bin/Shell` available inside the new root. + +## Examples + +```sh +# chroot /var/chroot +# pwd +/ +``` + +## See also + +* [`chroot`(2)](../man2/chroot.md) |