NAME
chroot - Changes the effective root directory
SYNOPSIS
int chroot (
const char *path );
PARAMETERS
path Points to the new effective root directory. If the path
parameter refers to a symbolic link, the chroot() func-
tion sets the effective root directory to the directory
pointed to by the symbolic link.
DESCRIPTION
The chroot() function causes the directory named by the path
parameter to become the effective root directory.
The effective root directory is the starting point when
searching for a file's pathname that begins with a /
(slash). The current working directory is not affected by
the chroot() function.
The calling process must have superuser privilege in order
to change the effective root directory. The calling process
must also have search access to the new effective root
directory.
The .. (dot-dot) entry in the effective root directory is
interpreted to mean the effective root directory itself.
Thus, .. (dot-dot) cannot be used to access files outside
the subtree rooted at the effective root directory.
NOTES
AES Support Level: Trial use
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned.
If the chroot() function fails, a value of -1 is returned
and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
If the chroot() function fails, the effective root directory
remains unchanged and errno may be set to one of the follow-
ing values:
[EACCES] Search permission is denied for any component of
the pathname.
[EPERM] The process does not have appropriate privilege.
[EFAULT] The path parameter points outside the process'
allocated address space.
[EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writ-
ing to the file system.
[ENOENT] The path parameter does not exist or points to an
empty string.
[ENAMETOOLONG]
The length of the path argument exceeds PATH_MAX
or a pathname component is longer than NAME_MAX.
[ENOTDIR] A component of path is not a directory.
[ELOOP] More than MAXSYMLINKS symbolic links are encoun-
tered while resolving path.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: chdir(2)
Commands: chdir(1)
Acknowledgement and Disclaimer