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diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2 index d7ca80d4af..46c44688c5 100644 --- a/man2/pivot_root.2 +++ b/man2/pivot_root.2 @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ pivot_root \- change the root filesystem There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES. .SH DESCRIPTION .BR pivot_root () -moves the root filesystem of the calling process to the -directory \fIput_old\fP and makes \fInew_root\fP the new root filesystem -of the calling process. +changes the root filesystem in the mount namespace of the calling process. +More precisely, it moves the root filesystem to the +directory \fIput_old\fP and makes \fInew_root\fP the new root filesystem. The calling process must have the .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the user namespace that owns the caller's mount namespace. |