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authorSami Kerola2013-04-13 21:54:34 +0200
committerKarel Zak2013-04-26 13:25:59 +0200
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setpriv: allow login and group name option arguments
For an average user names are easier to use than uid and gid numbers. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/setpriv.1')
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/setpriv.16
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/setpriv.1 b/sys-utils/setpriv.1
index c56d89f5f..c05473cd2 100644
--- a/sys-utils/setpriv.1
+++ b/sys-utils/setpriv.1
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ inheritable set, you are likely to become confused. Do not do that.
Lists all known capabilities. Must be specified alone.
.TP
\fB\-\-ruid\fR \fIuid\fR, \fB\-\-euid\fR \fIuid\fR, \fB\-\-reuid\fR \fIuid\fR
-Sets the real, effective, or both \fIuid\fRs.
+Sets the real, effective, or both \fIuid\fRs. The uid argument can be
+given as textual login name.
.IP
Setting
.I uid
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ something like:
\-\-reuid=1000 \-\-\:regid=1000 \-\-\:caps=\-\:all
.TP
\fB\-\-rgid\fR \fIgid\fR, \fB\-\-egid\fR \fIgid\fR, \fB\-\-regid\fR \fIgid\fR
-Sets the real, effective, or both \fIgid\fRs.
+Sets the real, effective, or both \fIgid\fRs. The gid argument can be
+given as textual group name.
.IP
For safety, you must specify one of \-\-\:keep\-\:groups,
\-\-\:clear\-\:groups, or \-\-\:groups if you set any primary