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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-08-27 17:51:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-08-27 17:51:42 -0700 |
| commit | d5d0a0e748025bf253db5f0cde7b22cb0feeced2 (patch) | |
| tree | 7aa97a9e700362e9e662be79a9298078c95b6511 /Documentation | |
| parent | b32d37a3a6817ba307062fe2f7b6d9cfb85a1ebd (diff) | |
| parent | 678dac6b45437d65fa958c03ca47f4a0337efad4 (diff) | |
| download | git-d5d0a0e748025bf253db5f0cde7b22cb0feeced2.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'ts/daemon'
* ts/daemon:
Added support for dropping privileges to git-daemon.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-daemon.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 0f7d274eab..17619a3f57 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all] [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] - [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] [directory...] + [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] + [--user=user [--group=group]] [directory...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -93,6 +94,17 @@ OPTIONS --pid-file=file:: Save the process id in 'file'. +--user=user, --group=group:: + Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop. + When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the + primary group ID for the user is used. The values of + the option are given to `getpwnam(3)` and `getgrnam(3)` + and numeric IDs are not supported. ++ +Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use +the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning +`git-daemon` if needed. + <directory>:: A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories |