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Diffstat (limited to 'man/2/newns')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
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 |