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authorKarel Zak2016-08-18 11:12:44 +0200
committerKarel Zak2016-08-18 11:12:44 +0200
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su, runuser, setpriv: create links between man pages
.. and add notes about differences between the utuils. Reported-by: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ setpriv \- run a program with different Linux privilege settings
.SH DESCRIPTION
Sets or queries various Linux privilege settings that are inherited across
.BR execve (2).
+.PP
+The difference between the commands setpriv and su (or runuser) is that setpriv does
+not use open PAM session and does not ask for password. It's simple non-suid wrapper around
+.B execve
+syscall.
.SH OPTION
.TP
.B \-\-clear\-groups
@@ -142,6 +147,8 @@ For example, setting no_new_privs and then execing a program that is
SELinux\-confined (as this tool would do) may prevent the SELinux
restrictions from taking effect.
.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR su (1),
+.BR runuser (1),
.BR prctl (2),
.BR capability (7)
.SH AUTHOR