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authorjulian <julian@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-21 23:19:13 +0000
committerjulian <julian@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-21 23:19:13 +0000
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Document the requirement for root privileges.
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@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ node is both a BSD socket and a netgraph node. The
.Nm socket
node type allows user-mode processes to participate in the kernel
.Xr netgraph 4
-networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface.
+networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface. The process must have
+root privileges to be able to create netgraph sockets however once created,
+any process that has one may use it.
.Pp
A new
.Nm socket
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