1 definition found From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: chrootThe {UNIX} command to make the {root directory} (/) become something other than its default for the lifetime of the current process. It can only be run by privileged users and is used to give a process (commonly a network server such as {FTP} or {HTTP}) access to a restricted portion of the {file system}. The new root contains copies of all the essential files and directories, e.g. /lib, /dev/tty, /tmp. (1996-12-08)
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