os.chroot() - os

             
The method chroot() changes the root directory of the current process to the given path.To use this method, you would need super user privilege.


path -- This is the path which would be set as root for the current process.

Syntax

os.chroot(path);

Example

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# To set the current root path to /tmp/user

os.chroot("/tmp/usr")

print "Changed root path successfully!!"

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


Changed root path successfully!!

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