From 65c6b99094580afa186199d8091cd7536900526c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 13:26:38 +0100
Subject: notify: add new --uid= command

The new --uid= switch allows selecting the UID from which the
notificaiton messages shall originate.

This is primarily useful for testing purposes, but might have other
uses.
---
 man/systemd-notify.xml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'man/systemd-notify.xml')

diff --git a/man/systemd-notify.xml b/man/systemd-notify.xml
index acd4ee41fc..874bdd882b 100644
--- a/man/systemd-notify.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-notify.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--uid=</option><replaceable>USER</replaceable></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Set the user ID to send the notification from. Takes a UNIX user name or numeric UID. When
+        specified the notification message will be sent with the specified UID as sender, in place of the user the
+        command was invoked as. This option requires sufficient privileges in order to be able manipulate the user
+        identity of the process.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--status=</option></term>
 
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