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💻 A Unix command 🗂️ A restricted folder 🔒 To restrict access
to chroot

to chroot

9.9
To make a program use a different top folder so it cannot see the rest of the system
  • verb
  • /ˈʧruːt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : chrootear
  • By using chroot, we ensured that the running process could only see the files in its designated directory.

Examples

  • To improve security, we can use chroot to limit the process's access to only the necessary files.

  • First thing, it messed badly with the video, and therefore I tried to reboot to live Slitaz, which was working, chroot, and change the driver.

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  • After setting up the environment, I will chroot into the new directory to run the application safely.

How Isolating

to virtualize
  • Specialized
2 7.2
to containerize
  • Specialized
7.3
to chroot
  • Specialized
9.9
to run
∞ 2.2

Surface Forms

chroot infinitive
chrooted past
chrooted past participle
chrooting present participle
chroots third person singular

Morphology

chroot = root (semi-transparent) = ch + root

Verb formation reflects the action 'change root'; 'root' is transparent but 'ch' is an abbreviated/clipped element familiar mainly in technical contexts.

Etymology

Chroot comes from ch- (short for 'change') and root (the 'top' directory of a computer). To chroot a process is to 'change its root' — put it inside a limited part of the files so it cannot reach the rest of the system.