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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2007-03-19 12:12:53 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2007-03-19 12:12:53 +0000
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Improve previous commit by using setusercontext(3) and removing the group
option. Bump doc date for manual page changes. Reviewed by: rwatson, ru, will (older version)
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 9, 2007
+.Dd March 19, 2007
.Dt DAEMON 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -35,16 +35,15 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl cf
-.Op Fl u Ar user
-.Op Fl g Ar group
.Op Fl p Ar pidfile
+.Op Fl u Ar user
.Ar command arguments ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and
executes the program specified by its arguments.
-Privileges may be lowered to specified user and/or group.
+Privileges may be lowered to the specified user.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -54,19 +53,17 @@ Change the current working directory to the root
.It Fl f
Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to
.Pa /dev/null .
-.It Fl g Ar group
-Drop privileges to specified group.
.It Fl p Ar file
Write the ID of the created process into the
.Ar file
-using
-.It Fl u Ar user
-Drop privileges to specified user.
+using the
.Xr pidfile 3
functionality.
Note, that the file will be created shortly before the process is
actually executed, and will remain after the process exits (although
it will be removed if the execution fails).
+.It Fl u Ar user
+Run the program with the rights of user specified, requires privilege.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
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