- Can be used as chroot replacement
- To run app with different filesystem view
- As sudo
sideroot -u 0 -g 0 -- whoami
Usage:
sideroot [options] -- [<program> [<argument>...]]
Options:
-r <root-dir> Change root directory.
-d <ch-dir> Set working directory inside chroot (defaults to /).
-u <uid> Change user inside chroot.
-u <uid> Change group inside chroot.
-b <src<:<dst>> Bind <src> to <root-dir>/<dst>.
Multiple instances allowed.
-E Start with empty environment.
-e <name>=<val> Set environment variable <name> to <val>.
Multiple instances allowed.
-h Display this help.
--chroot Shortcut for --proc --sys --dev --devpts.
--proc Mount proc filesystem to /proc.
--sys Mount sysfs filesystem to /sys.
--dev Mount devtmpfs filesystem to /dev.
--devpts Mount devpts filesystem to /dev/pts. Implies --dev.
--run Mount tmpfs filesystem to /run.
--tmp Mount tmpfs filesystem to /tmp.