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Diffstat (limited to 'security')
-rw-r--r-- | security/priv/DESCR | 20 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/security/priv/DESCR b/security/priv/DESCR index ecf8df24459..a9efc68a9e0 100644 --- a/security/priv/DESCR +++ b/security/priv/DESCR @@ -1,20 +1,6 @@ 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-separated 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. +When priv is invoked, it reads a list of authorised commands from +a per-user database file that defines expiry date, user name to +run command as, flags, and command names to run. |