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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/priv.1 b/static/v10/man1/priv.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a649446 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/priv.1 @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +.TH PRIV 1 +.CT 1 sa_nonmortals secur +.SH NAME +priv, privedit \- run a command with privileges +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B priv +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I command +.I arg ... +] +.PP +.B priv privedit +.I node +.I changes +.SH DESCRIPTION +If a +.I command +is given, +.I priv +determines from the +.IR privs (5) +file the most specifically matching +.B REQUEST +for which the process has all the +.B NEEDS +and to which it has +.BR ACCESS +(terminology explained in +.IR privs (5)). +If a unique most specific match is found, +.I priv +asks for confirmation. +Then, if the confirmation is +.LR y , +the request is executed. +Privileges and process ceiling are set according to +the pertinent entry in +.FR /etc/privs +and the current directory is set to a place with +security label +.BR L_NO ; +see +.IR getflab (2). +Thus relative pathnames won't work in the +.I command +until it executes +.IR chdir (2). +.PP +If no command is given, the contents of the +.I privs +file are printed on the standard output. +.PP +The options are +.TP +.B -n +Determine and report authorization and actions. +Do not execute them except, if +.B PRIVEDIT +is requested, place the edited privilege +file on the standard output. +.TP +.BI -f " servfile +Use +.I servfile +instead of +.FR /cs/priv , +to use a non-standard privilege server. +.PP +One request is more specific than another +if the regular language for each argument +of the first request is contained in the corresponding +language for the second request, +and at least one containment is proper. +.PP +The standard error and standard input are used for confirmations. +Both must come from the same trusted source, either a pexable +stream with a stream identifier, or a pipe from a trusted +process; see +.IR pex (4) +and +.IR stream (4). +.PP +.I Privedit +applies to the +.I privs +file the modifications given in the +.I changes +file. +Only the part of the authorization tree rooted at the given +.I node +may be changed. +The form of +.I changes +is described in +.IR privs (5). +The changes are echoed and confirmation is requested. +.RI ( Privedit, +like any other +.I command, +is a conventional token defined by the +.I privs +file; it is not built in.) +.PP +.I Priv +clears the environment to prevent hidden corruption +by untrusted processes. +For the same reason it asks confirmation of the argument list. +What you see is what it will do. +.PP +The real work of +.I priv +is done by +.IR privserv (8). +.I Priv +communicates with +.I privserv +via a pipe that the latter mounts on +.BR /cs/priv . +.SH FILES +.F /etc/privs +.br +.F /cs/priv +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR privs (5), +.IR privserv (8), +.IR session (1) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +If a +.I command +is performed, +.I priv +returns the result of the last constituent action; see +.IR privs (5). +.SH BUGS +Trailing null +.I args +are deleted. +.br +The standard input and standard error cannot freely be redirected. +.br +It is possible for a password to be demanded twice. +This would be mitigated if requests were assessed in +decreasing order of specificity instead of table order. |
