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authorOlivier Certner <olce.freebsd@certner.fr>2023-08-17 23:54:48 +0000
committerMitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>2023-09-28 15:05:47 +0000
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security(7): security.bsd.see*: Be more accurate
Reviewed by: mhorne, pauamma_gundo.com MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: Kumacom SAS Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41108
-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/security.710
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/security.7 b/share/man/man7/security.7
index 63b984ff66dd..6d6742fca0bb 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/security.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/security.7
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd March 30, 2023
+.Dd August 18, 2023
.Dt SECURITY 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -959,16 +959,18 @@ Backwards compatibility shims for the interim sysctls under
will not be added.
.Bl -tag -width security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug
.It Dv security.bsd.see_other_uids
-Controls visibility of processes owned by different uid.
+Controls visibility and reachability of subjects (e.g., processes) and objects
+(e.g., sockets) owned by a different uid.
The knob directly affects the
.Dv kern.proc
sysctls filtering of data, which results in restricted output from
utilities like
.Xr ps 1 .
.It Dv security.bsd.see_other_gids
-Same, for processes owned by different gid.
+Same, for subjects and objects owned by a different gid.
.It Dv security.bsd.see_jail_proc
-Same, for processes belonging to a jail.
+Same, for subjects and objects belonging to a different jail, including
+sub-jails.
.It Dv security.bsd.conservative_signals
When enabled, unprivileged users are only allowed to send job control
and usual termination signals like