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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 index d7693192d475..e94834f6f3c2 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 30, 2001 +.Dd March 9, 2007 .Dt DAEMON 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl cf +.Op Fl u Ar user +.Op Fl g Ar group .Op Fl p Ar pidfile .Ar command arguments ... .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ 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. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -51,10 +54,14 @@ 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. .Xr pidfile 3 functionality. Note, that the file will be created shortly before the process is @@ -77,6 +84,8 @@ standard error unless the .Fl f flag is specified. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr setregid 2 , +.Xr setreuid 2 , .Xr daemon 3 , .Xr exec 3 , .Xr pidfile 3 , |