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diff --git a/share/man/man9/suser.9 b/share/man/man9/suser.9 index 7b3591d..ec63456 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/suser.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/suser.9 @@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ .Fn suser_xxx "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *proc" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm suser +.Nm and .Nm suser_xxx functions checks if the credentials given include superuser powers. .Pp The -.Nm suser +.Nm function is the most common, and should be used unless special circumstances dictate otherwise. .Pp @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ been imprisoned by the system call. There are cases however where this is appropriate, and this can be done by setting the -.Ql PRISON_ROOT +.Dv PRISON_ROOT bit in the flags argument to the .Nm suser_xxx function. It is important to review carefully in each case that @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ implicit in call should such powers be granted. .Pp The -.Nm suser +.Nm and .Nm suser_xxx functions note the fact that superuser powers have been used in the @@ -95,14 +95,16 @@ the functions should only be called after other permission possibilities have been exhausted. .Sh RETURN VALUES The -.Nm suser +.Nm and .Nm suser_xxx -functions return 0 if the user has superuser powers and EPERM otherwise. +functions return 0 if the user has superuser powers and +.Dv EPERM +otherwise. This is the .Em reverse logic of some other implementations of -.Nm suser +.Nm in which a TRUE response indicates superuser powers. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chroot 2 , |
