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overlayroot-chroot(8) initramfs-tools-overlayroot overlayroot-chroot(8)

NAME

overlayroot-chroot - chroot into the lower filesystem in a writable mode

SYNOPSIS

overlayroot-chroot [COMMAND [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION

overlayroot-chroot is a program that sets up bind mounts for /proc, /run, and /sys, remounts the lower directory in an overlayfs with write capabilities and will chroot(8) into it. Upon exit, the bind mounts are unmounted.

Any [COMMAND [ARG]...] are passed directly through to chroot(8).

SEE ALSO

chroot(8)

AUTHOR

This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.

20 July 2012 overlayroot-chroot