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| author | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2008-01-11 11:24:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2008-01-11 11:24:09 +0000 |
| commit | e84ac69296d2bd901d9d5dba59a1873fc6fb7cc1 (patch) | |
| tree | dac835e274502f8fb16cb1840b8b14c59a375fb5 /man | |
| parent | 85620a8011570830a70e5c3b9394ea740655da33 (diff) | |
20080111-1121
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/2/INDEX | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/2/newns | 21 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/2/INDEX b/man/2/INDEX index 3e4da75b..8e1c43ca 100644 --- a/man/2/INDEX +++ b/man/2/INDEX @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ pathname names relative names rooted names newns newns +newuser newns categories palmfile dbinfo palmfile doc palmfile diff --git a/man/2/newns b/man/2/newns index 4b151558..46456617 100644 --- a/man/2/newns +++ b/man/2/newns @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ .TH NEWNS 2 .SH NAME -newns \- build a new name space from a description file +Newns: newns, newuser \- build a new name space from a description file .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "newns.m"; ns := load Newns Newns->PATH; -newns: fn(user: string, nsfile: string): string; +newns: fn(user: string, nsfile: string): string; +newuser: fn(user: string, cap: string, nsfile: string): string; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Newns @@ -23,12 +24,28 @@ or empty, then .B newns attempts to read file the file .BR namespace . +.PP +.B Newuser +uses a capability +.I cap +suitable for +.IR cap (3) +to change the current process's user name to +.IR user , +and uses +.B newns +and +.I nsfile +to build it a new name space. +The capability is typically obtained via +.IR factotum (4). .SH SOURCE .B /appl/lib/newns.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR sys-bind (2), .IR sys-chdir (2), .IR sys-pctl (2), +.IR factotum (4), .IR namespace (6) .SH BUGS The |