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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-10-27 06:28:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-10-28 07:23:28 +0100 |
| commit | 30cc7676efda480f8c8233aa4860df45bb65f622 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f57967a979619a675852fd7a997f72cd5961698 | |
| parent | 46b7f60e652d6b4e381eb51d79f99ecd8a9c14c5 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-30cc7676efda480f8c8233aa4860df45bb65f622.tar.gz | |
execve.2: Document treatment of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG on execve()
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/execve.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2 index 66781aff7d..3dcbc70576 100644 --- a/man2/execve.2 +++ b/man2/execve.2 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" 2007-09-14 Ollie Wild <aaw@google.com>, mtk .\" Add text describing limits on command-line arguments + environment .\" -.TH EXECVE 2 2012-05-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH EXECVE 2 2012-10-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME execve \- execute program .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ The .B PR_SET_KEEPCAPS flag is cleared. .IP * +(Since Linux 2.4.36 / 2.6.23) +If a set-user-ID or set-group-ID program is being executed, +then the parent death signal set by +.BR prctl (2) +.B PR_SET_PDEATHSIG +flag is cleared. +.IP * The process name, as set by .BR prctl (2) .B PR_SET_NAME |