CHROOTUID(8)

NAME
chrootuid - run command in restricted environment

SYNOPSIS
chrootuid newroot newuser command...

DESCRIPTION
The chrootuid command sets up a restricted environment for command execution. Access to the file system is restricted to the newroot subtree; privileges are restricted to those of the newuser account (which must be a known account in the unrestricted environment). The initial working directory is changed to newroot. chrootuid combines chroot(8) and su(1) into one program, so that there is no need to have commands such as /usr/bin/su in the restricted environment. Only the superuser can use the chrootuid command.

SEE ALSO
chroot(8), su(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
Problems are reported to the syslog daemon.

AUTHOR(S)
W.Z. Venema
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

CREATION DATE
Tue Oct 13 11:37:29 MET 1992

LAST MODIFICATION
93/08/15 22:19:27

VERSION/RELEASE
1.2