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diff --git a/man2/unshare.2 b/man2/unshare.2 index ed3bd5d90f..0895f01db4 100644 --- a/man2/unshare.2 +++ b/man2/unshare.2 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ .\" FIXME Document CLONE_NEWUTS, which is new in 2.6.19 .\" FIXME Document CLONE_SYSVSEM, which is new in 2.6.26 .\" -.TH UNSHARE 2 2007-07-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH UNSHARE 2 2008-11-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME unshare \- disassociate parts of the process execution context .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ unshare \- disassociate parts of the process execution context .BR unshare () allows a process to disassociate parts of its execution context that are currently being shared with other processes. -Part of the execution context, such as the namespace, is shared +Part of the execution context, such as the mount-point namespace, is shared implicitly when a new process is created using .BR fork (2) or @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ effect as the .BR clone (2) .B CLONE_NEWNS flag. -Unshare the namespace, so that the calling process has a private copy of +Unshare the mount-point namespace, +so that the calling process has a private copy of its namespace which is not shared with any other process. Specifying this flag automatically implies .B CLONE_FS |