Module Name: src
Committed By: pooka
Date: Sat Nov 21 11:40:52 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/lib/libp2k: p2k.3
Log Message:
document P2K_WIZARDUID
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 src/lib/libp2k/p2k.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libp2k/p2k.3
diff -u src/lib/libp2k/p2k.3:1.4 src/lib/libp2k/p2k.3:1.5
--- src/lib/libp2k/p2k.3:1.4 Sun May 3 20:26:42 2009
+++ src/lib/libp2k/p2k.3 Sat Nov 21 11:40:52 2009
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: p2k.3,v 1.4 2009/05/03 20:26:42 pooka Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: p2k.3,v 1.5 2009/11/21 11:40:52 pooka Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Antti Kantee. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 3, 2009
+.Dd November 21, 2009
.Dt P2K 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -59,13 +59,15 @@
are handled by
.Xr puffs 3 .
.Pp
-The following environment variables affect the behaviour of puffs.
+The following environment variables affect the behaviour of
+.Nm .
They are useful mostly for debugging purposes.
The flags are environment variables because typically the command line
arguments to
.Nm
-utilities are parsed using versions not aware of possible puffs flags:
-for example, the
+utilities are parsed using versions not aware of
+.Nm
+options; for example, the
.Xr rump_cd9660 8
arguments are really parsed by
.Xr mount_cd9660 8 .
@@ -80,6 +82,15 @@
Do not use the puffs name cache.
.It Dv P2K_NOCACHE
Do not use the puffs page or name cache.
+.It Dv P2K_WIZARDUID
+If set, use the value of the variable to determine to uid of the
+caller of each operation instead of the actual caller supplied
+by
+.Xr puffs 3 .
+This can be used for example to simplify modifying an OS installations
+root image as a non-root user.
+If the variable is set but does not contain an integer value, 0
+(root) is used.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr puffs 3 ,
