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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-06 07:26:23 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-06 07:26:23 +0000
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--- a/share/man/man9/cr_seeothergids.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/cr_seeothergids.9
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
.Dd November 11, 2003
.Os
-.Dt cr_seeothergids 9
+.Dt CR_SEEOTHERGIDS 9
.Sh NAME
.Nm cr_seeothergids
.Nd determine visibility of objects given their group memberships
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
.Fn cr_seeothergids "struct ucred *u1" "struct ucred *u2"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This function determines the visibility of objects in the
-kernel based on the group ids in the credentials
+kernel based on the group IDs in the credentials
.Fa u1
and
.Fa u2
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ associated with them.
.Pp
The visibility of objects is influenced by the
.Xr sysctl 8
-tunable
+variable
.Va security.bsd.see_other_gids .
-If this tunable is non-zero, then all objects in the kernel
+If this variable is non-zero then all objects in the kernel
are visible to each other irrespective of their group membership.
-If this tunable is zero, then the object with credentials
+If this variable is zero then the object with credentials
.Fa u2
is visible to the object with credentials
.Fa u1
@@ -57,13 +58,13 @@ if either
.Fa u1
is the super-user credential, or if at least one of
.Fa u1 Ns 's
-group ids is present in
+group IDs is present in
.Fa u2 Ns 's
group set.
-.Sh SYSCTL TUNABLES
+.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va security.bsd.see_other_gids
-must be non-zero if objects with unprivileged credentials are to be
+Must be non-zero if objects with unprivileged credentials are to be
able to see each other.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
@@ -78,4 +79,4 @@ or
otherwise.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cr_seeotheruids 9 ,
-.Xr p_candebug 9 \ No newline at end of file
+.Xr p_candebug 9
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