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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-02-01 17:34:11 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-02-01 17:34:11 +0000
commitf86dd54591ac66e24129342871fedab4308ceddd (patch)
tree0875d76ea889974ea57dc05318fb34a84c627155 /bin/systrace
parent68d28d8e5c931c7dba6332b35d195f1a51d701d0 (diff)
make documentation of cradle mode (-C) clearer, and give an example of why
it might be used; mostly based on sturm@'s explanation when i hassled him about it, and committed by niels@ to main systrace repository;
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/systrace')
-rw-r--r--bin/systrace/systrace.120
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/systrace/systrace.1 b/bin/systrace/systrace.1
index 9d5ff2a369e..85fdf489ed1 100644
--- a/bin/systrace/systrace.1
+++ b/bin/systrace/systrace.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: systrace.1,v 1.39 2004/01/23 20:51:18 sturm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: systrace.1,v 1.40 2004/02/01 17:34:10 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright 2002 Niels Provos <provos@citi.umich.edu>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -93,9 +93,21 @@ if the
.Fl e
flag is specified.
.It Fl C
-Run systrace in cradle mode; if a cradle server is not running, one is
-launched.
-This decouples UIs from systrace, allowing for re-attaching UIs.
+Run
+.Nm
+in cradle mode;
+currently, when multiple processes are started with systrace protection, each
+.Nm
+starts its own UI
+.Pq user interface
+process.
+Cradle mode allows a user to attach all
+.Nm
+processes to one UI.
+This may be useful, for example, in scenarios where
+.Nm
+is being heavily used.
+If a cradle server is not running, one is launched.
.It Fl c Ar uid:gid
Specifies the
.Va uid