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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-07-18 14:25:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-07-18 14:25:42 +0000 |
| commit | 880f5b4bc39386da3a4315644519bd7b5c438d6c (patch) | |
| tree | 524465d266e31b79f5cfba178311285fd07214d0 /man7 | |
| parent | da2d9dad4e4da4a8a84998ce5d6e5d8ddf0ee793 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-880f5b4bc39386da3a4315644519bd7b5c438d6c.tar.gz | |
Consistent use of "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID".
Diffstat (limited to 'man7')
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/capabilities.7 | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/pthreads.7 | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index 7ab9f21de3..16887e6a69 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ the capabilities that the process may assume (i.e., a limiting superset for the effective and inheritable sets). If a process drops a capability from its permitted set, it can never re-acquire that capability (unless it execs a -set-UID-root program). +set-user-ID-root program). .TP .IR inheritable : the capabilities preserved across an @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ the capabilities preserved across an In the current implementation, a process is granted all permitted and effective capabilities (subject to the operation of the capability bounding set described below) -when it execs a set-UID-root program, +when it execs a set-user-ID-root program, or if a process with a real UID of zero execs a new program. .PP A child created via @@ -360,12 +360,12 @@ support file capability sets, during an exec: .IP 1. 4 All three file capability sets are initially assumed to be cleared. .IP 2. 4 -If a set-UID-root program is being execed, +If a set-user-ID-root program is being execed, or the real user ID of the process is 0 (root) then the file allowed and forced sets are defined to be all ones (i.e., all capabilities set). .IP 3. 4 -If a set-UID-root program is being executed, +If a set-user-ID-root program is being executed, then the file effective set is defined to be all ones. .PP During an exec, the kernel calculates the new capabilities of diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7 index 895edc9d35..e37afd8e51 100644 --- a/man7/pthreads.7 +++ b/man7/pthreads.7 @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ However, the resulting process has the same PID as the thread that called it should have the same PID as the main thread. .IP \- 3 Threads do not share user and group IDs. -This can cause complications with set-UID programs and +This can cause complications with set-user-ID programs and can cause failures in Pthreads functions if an application changes its credentials using .BR seteuid (2) |