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2004 Jun 04
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syslogd(8) Dropping Privs
...r.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8,v retrieving revision 1.22.2.16 diff -u -r1.22.2.16 syslogd.8 --- src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 12 Mar 2003 22:08:15 -0000 1.22.2.16 +++ src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 4 Jun 2004 19:51:55 -0000 @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ .Op Fl m Ar mark_interval .Op Fl P Ar pid_file .Op Fl p Ar log_socket +.Op Fl U Ar user .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -214,6 +215,16 @@ .Dq => to .Dq = . +.It Fl U Ar user +Run as +.Ar user . +.Ar User +must be a valid user name. +This option allows the daemon to drop root privileges, but still open +privileged sockets as root at start up. +Note that privileges...