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from syscalls.texi on 4 June 1994 -->
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<TITLE>Syscall specifications of Linux - chroot</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="SEC8" HREF="syscalls_toc.html#SEC8" tppabs="http://www.infran.ru/TechInfo/syscalls/syscalls_toc.html#SEC8">chroot</A></H2>
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<H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>
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<CODE>int chroot(const char *<VAR>path</VAR>);</CODE>
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<H3>PARAMETERS</H3>
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<VAR>path</VAR>: [in] points to the new root.
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<H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>
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Changes the root directory for the current task and all its children to
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the path specified by <VAR>path</VAR>. This operation is privilegied and only
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the superuser can invoke it successfully.
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<H3>RETURN VALUE</H3>
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On success zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned and <CODE>errno</CODE> is
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set to one of the following values:
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<LI><CODE>EPERM</CODE>: the effective uid of the task is not equal the the
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uid of the file and the task does not have superuser privileges.
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<LI><CODE>ENOTDIR</CODE>, <CODE>EACCESS</CODE>, <CODE>EFAULT</CODE>, <CODE>ENOENT</CODE>,
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<CODE>ENOMEM</CODE> <CODE>ENAMETOOLONG</CODE>, <CODE>EROFS</CODE> or <CODE>ELOOP</CODE>.
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