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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/ng_socket.44
-rw-r--r--sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.44
-rw-r--r--sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.84
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_socket.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_socket.4
index 69dcd3f81de8..cb224bca809e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ng_socket.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ng_socket.4
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ node is both a BSD socket and a netgraph node. The
.Nm socket
node type allows user-mode processes to participate in the kernel
.Xr netgraph 4
-networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface.
+networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface. The process must have
+root privileges to be able to create netgraph sockets however once created,
+any process that has one may use it.
.Pp
A new
.Nm socket
diff --git a/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.4 b/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.4
index 69dcd3f81de8..cb224bca809e 100644
--- a/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.4
+++ b/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.4
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ node is both a BSD socket and a netgraph node. The
.Nm socket
node type allows user-mode processes to participate in the kernel
.Xr netgraph 4
-networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface.
+networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface. The process must have
+root privileges to be able to create netgraph sockets however once created,
+any process that has one may use it.
.Pp
A new
.Nm socket
diff --git a/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.8 b/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.8
index 69dcd3f81de8..cb224bca809e 100644
--- a/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.8
+++ b/sys/modules/netgraph/socket/ng_socket.8
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ node is both a BSD socket and a netgraph node. The
.Nm socket
node type allows user-mode processes to participate in the kernel
.Xr netgraph 4
-networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface.
+networking subsystem using the BSD socket interface. The process must have
+root privileges to be able to create netgraph sockets however once created,
+any process that has one may use it.
.Pp
A new
.Nm socket