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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-26 16:18:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-26 16:18:37 +0000 |
| commit | b6b00dd55e035bfbe311a527b567962ffa77ee43 (patch) | |
| tree | cafc4d13785448e5a78bd40a51697ee07f07ac12 /man/newgidmap.1.xml | |
| parent | Adding debian version 1:4.13+dfsg1-5. (diff) | |
| download | shadow-b6b00dd55e035bfbe311a527b567962ffa77ee43.tar.xz shadow-b6b00dd55e035bfbe311a527b567962ffa77ee43.zip | |
Merging upstream version 1:4.15.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/newgidmap.1.xml b/man/newgidmap.1.xml index e4ebc69..e5b770e 100644 --- a/man/newgidmap.1.xml +++ b/man/newgidmap.1.xml @@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ <para> Note that newgidmap may be used only once for a given process. </para> + <para> + Instead of an integer process id, the first argument may be + specified as <replaceable>fd:N</replaceable>, where the integer N + is the file descriptor number for the calling process's opened + file descriptor for the directory <filename>/proc/[pid]</filename>. + In this case, <command>newgidmap</command> will use + <refentrytitle>openat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum> + to open the <filename>gid_map</filename> file under that + directory, avoiding a TOCTTOU in case the process exits and + the pid is immediately reused. + </para> </refsect1> |