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pivot_root.2: s/root filesystem/root mount/ 

As suggested by Eric Biederman.

Reported-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.TH PIVOT_ROOT 2 2019-08-02 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
pivot_root \- change the root filesystem
pivot_root \- change the root mount
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "int pivot_root(const char *" new_root ", const char *" put_old );
.PP
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There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR pivot_root ()
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.
changes the root mount in the mount namespace of the calling process.
More precisely, it moves the root mount to the
directory \fIput_old\fP and makes \fInew_root\fP the new root mount.
The calling process must have the
.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
capability in the user namespace that owns the caller's mount namespace.