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 <kirk-
land@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Per-
mission 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)
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