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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-09-21 12:45:37 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-09-21 12:46:09 +0200
commitf1a5d77ac3961abab50dabe9c02835b0bdce5975 (patch)
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parent5681553cb80fa2221fc711af8f6d89b406dbeb8b (diff)
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proc.5: srcfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 8391cb6eeb..3a5f4407c6 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -4057,6 +4057,7 @@ Three different integer values can be specified:
.RS
.TP
\fI0\ (default)\fP
+.\" In kernel source: SUID_DUMP_DISABLE
This provides the traditional (pre-Linux 2.6.13) behavior.
A core dump will not be produced for a process which has
changed credentials (by calling
@@ -4066,6 +4067,7 @@ or similar, or by executing a set-user-ID or set-group-ID program)
or whose binary does not have read permission enabled.
.TP
\fI1\ ("debug")\fP
+.\" In kernel source: SUID_DUMP_USER
All processes dump core when possible.
(Reasons why a process might nevertheless not dump core are described in
.BR core (5).)
@@ -4076,6 +4078,7 @@ this mode is insecure because it allows unprivileged users to
examine the memory contents of privileged processes.
.TP
\fI2\ ("suidsafe")\fP
+.\" In kernel source: SUID_DUMP_ROOT
Any binary which normally would not be dumped (see "0" above)
is dumped readable by root only.
This allows the user to remove the core dump file but not to read it.