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| -rw-r--r-- | man/chpst.8 | 34 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/chpst.8 b/man/chpst.8 index 42c23d3..c67ec65 100644 --- a/man/chpst.8 +++ b/man/chpst.8 @@ -38,18 +38,21 @@ changes the process state according to the given options, and runs .IR prog . .SH OPTIONS .TP -.B \-u \fIuser[:group] +.B \-u \fI[:]user[:group] setuidgid. Set uid and gid to the .IR user 's -uid and gid. +uid and gid, as found in +.IR /etc/passwd . If .I user is followed by a colon and a .IR group , set the gid to .IR group 's -gid instead of +gid, as found in +.IR /etc/group , +instead of .IR user 's gid. If @@ -57,22 +60,41 @@ If consists of a colon-separated list of group names, .B chpst sets the group ids of all listed groups. +If +.I user +is prefixed with a colon, the +.I user +and all +.I group +arguments are interpreted as uid and gids respectivly, and not looked up in +the password or group file. All initial supplementary groups are removed. .TP -.B \-U \fIuser[:group] +.B \-U \fI[:]user[:group] envuidgid. Set the environment variables $UID and $GID to the .IR user 's -uid and gid. +uid and gid, as found in +.IR /etc/passwd . If .I user is followed by a colon and a .IR group , set $GID to the .IR group 's -gid instead of +gid, as found in +.IR /etc/group , +instead of .IR user 's gid. +If +.I user +is prefixed with a colon, the +.I user +and +.I group +arguments are interpreted as uid and gid respectivly, and not looked up in +the password or group file. .TP .B \-e \fIdir envdir. |