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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libutil/login_class.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libutil/login_class.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/login_class.3 b/lib/libutil/login_class.3 index 4ad9dc7..3f34fb0 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/login_class.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/login_class.3 @@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ and due care must be taken as detailed in the manpage for that function and this affects all processes running in the same session and not just the current process. .Pp +The .Fn setclasscontext -sets various class context values (resource limits, umask and +function sets various class context values (resource limits, umask and process priorities) based on values for a specific named class. .Pp -The function +The .Fn setusercontext -sets class context values based on a given login_cap_t +function sets class context values based on a given login_cap_t object, a specific passwd record (if login_cap_t is NULL), sets the current session's login and the current process user and group ownership. @@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ parameter, which is comprised of one or more of the following: .Bl -tag -width LOGIN_SETRESOURCES .It LOGIN_SETLOGIN Set the login associated with the current session to the user -specified in the passwd structure. +specified in the passwd structure using .Xr setlogin 2 . The .Ar pwd @@ -170,10 +171,11 @@ and functions are subsets of the setcontext functions above, but may be useful in isolation. .Sh RETURN VALUES +The .Fn setclasscontext and .Fn setusercontext -return -1 if an error occurred, or 0 on success. +functions return -1 if an error occurred, or 0 on success. If an error occurs when attempting to set the user, login, group or resources, a message is reported to .Xr syslog 3 , |
