# overlayroot-chroot - chroot into the lower filesystem in a writable mode - man(8) - [phpMan]

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## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/chroot/8/markdown) into it.  Upon
       exit, the bind mounts are unmounted.

       Any [COMMAND [ARG]...] are passed directly through to [**chroot**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/chroot/8/markdown).


## SEE ALSO
       [**chroot**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/chroot/8/markdown)


## 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-li‐_
       _censes/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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/overlayroot-chroot/8/markdown)