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diff --git a/security/priv/DESCR b/security/priv/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e93a0b93c0b --- /dev/null +++ b/security/priv/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +priv allows authorised users to execute commands that run as different +users. + +When priv is invoked, it reads a list of authorised commands from a +database file called + + ${PREFIX}/etc/priv/<username> + +Each line of the database file is a colon-seperated list of fields. +The first two fields must be specified. Blank lines or lines +beginning with a ``#'' character are ignored. The fields, in order, +are: + + expiry date + user name to run command as + flags + command name + +The format of the expiry date is YYYYMMDDhhmm. A date of ``0'' is +interpreted as no expiry date. |