From 525250e187de68181726977dc543a6b03c2552fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eadler Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:21 +0000 Subject: Document the security.bsd.unprivileged_idprio in idprio(1) in addition to rtprio(2). Approved by: wblock MFC after: 3 days --- usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1') diff --git a/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 b/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 index 567a1c4..22d0645 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 23, 1994 +.Dd September 29, 2012 .Dt RTPRIO 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ highest priority of 0 means "the current process". .Pp Only root is allowed to set realtime or idle priority for a process. +A user may modify the idle priority of their own processes if the +.Xr sysctl 8 +variable +.Va security.bsd.unprivileged_idprio +is set to non-zero. +Note that this increases the chance that a deadlock can occur +if a process locks a required resource and then does +not get to run. .Sh EXIT STATUS If .Nm -- cgit v1.1