Meaning chroot
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Dictionary of PHP Functions (PHP 4 >= 4.0.5)chroot -- Change the root directorybool chroot ( string directory)More Info
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A change root (chroot, or change root jail) is a section in the file system that is isolated from the rest of the file system. For this purpose, the chroot or pivot_root command is used to change the [..]
Source: doc.opensuse.org

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A UNIX system call that sets the root directory for a process to any arbitrary directory. The idea is compartmentalization: Even if a process is compromised, it should not be able to see interesting p [..]
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(computing,Unix) To change the apparent root directory for a running process, affecting whether or not it can access certain files etc.
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