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 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.
overlayroot-chroot 20 July 2012 overlayroot-chroot(8)
Go-to-top