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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/mac_priority.4 b/static/freebsd/man4/mac_priority.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c63197d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/mac_priority.4 @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2021 Florian Walpen <dev@submerge.ch> +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd December 14, 2021 +.Dt MAC_PRIORITY 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mac_priority +.Nd "policy for scheduling privileges of non-root users" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile the mac_priority policy into your kernel, place the following lines +in your kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "options MAC" +.Cd "options MAC_PRIORITY" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternately, to load the mac_priority policy module at boot time, +place the following line in your kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "options MAC" +.Ed +.Pp +and in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +mac_priority_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +policy grants scheduling privileges based on +.Xr group 5 +membership. +Users or processes in the group +.Sq realtime +(gid 47) are allowed to run threads and processes with realtime scheduling +priority. +Users or processes in the group +.Sq idletime +(gid 48) are allowed to run threads and processes with idle scheduling +priority. +.Pp +With the +.Nm +realtime policy active, privileged users may use the +.Xr rtprio 1 +utility to start processes with realtime priority. +Privileged applications can promote threads and processes to realtime +priority through the +.Xr rtprio 2 +system calls. +.Pp +When the idletime policy is active, privileged users may use the +.Xr idprio 1 +utility to start processes with idle priority. +Privileged applications can demote threads and processes to idle +priority through the +.Xr rtprio 2 +system calls. +.Ss Privileges Granted +The realtime policy grants the following kernel privileges to any process +running with the realtime group id: +.Bl -inset -offset indent -compact +.It Dv PRIV_SCHED_RTPRIO +.It Dv PRIV_SCHED_SETPOLICY +.El +.Pp +The kernel privilege granted by the idletime policy is: +.Bl -inset -offset indent -compact +.It Dv PRIV_SCHED_IDPRIO +.El +.Ss Runtime Configuration +The following +.Xr sysctl 8 +MIBs are available for fine-tuning this MAC policy. +All +.Xr sysctl 8 +variables can also be set as +.Xr loader 8 +tunables in +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Va security.mac.priority.realtime +Enable the realtime policy. +(Default: 1). +.It Va security.mac.priority.realtime_gid +The numeric gid of the realtime group. +(Default: 47). +.It Va security.mac.priority.idletime +Enable the idletime policy. +(Default: 1). +.It Va security.mac.priority.idletime_gid +The numeric gid of the idletime group. +(Default: 48). +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr idprio 1 , +.Xr rtprio 1 , +.Xr rtprio 2 , +.Xr mac 4 +.Sh HISTORY +MAC first appeared in +.Fx 5.0 +and +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 13.1 . |
