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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/setfsuid.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/setfsuid.2 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man2/setfsuid.2 b/man2/setfsuid.2 index c6e75dafa..59c43fc9c 100644 --- a/man2/setfsuid.2 +++ b/man2/setfsuid.2 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The (Linux-specific) filesystem user ID is used for permissions checking when accessing filesystem objects, while the effective user ID is used for various other kinds of permissions checks (see -.BR credentials (7)). +.MR credentials 7 ). .P Normally, the value of the process's filesystem user ID is the same as the value of its effective user ID. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ to change its filesystem user ID to the value given in Explicit calls to .BR setfsuid () and -.BR setfsgid (2) +.MR setfsgid 2 are (were) usually used only by programs such as the Linux NFS server that need to change what user and group ID is used for file access without a corresponding change in the real and effective user and group IDs. @@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ The filesystem user ID attribute was thus added to allow a process to change its user ID for the purposes of file permission checking without at the same time becoming vulnerable to receiving unwanted signals. Since Linux 2.0, signal permission handling is different (see -.BR kill (2)), +.MR kill 2 ), with the result that a process can change its effective user ID without being vulnerable to receiving signals from unwanted processes. Thus, .BR setfsuid () is nowadays unneeded and should be avoided in new applications (likewise for -.BR setfsgid (2)). +.MR setfsgid 2 ). .P The original Linux .BR setfsuid () @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ should be returned when the call fails (because the caller lacks the .B CAP_SETUID capability). .SH SEE ALSO -.BR kill (2), -.BR setfsgid (2), -.BR capabilities (7), -.BR credentials (7) +.MR kill 2 , +.MR setfsgid 2 , +.MR capabilities 7 , +.MR credentials 7 |