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| author | Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-01-09 10:03:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-02-14 19:35:10 +0000 |
| commit | f89309617e10cf9b460c76cbe724d82817573653 (patch) | |
| tree | 431e7dfa69c40a9fede6798872ace108672b42d7 /share | |
| parent | 5ed9dc8debc26a04ba91e8bdcc90bdf06213f938 (diff) | |
linux: More man page tweaks
Mention debootstrap(8) and improve the wording.
Reviewed By: debdrup, emaste, Pau Amma
Sponsored By: EPSRC
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33772
(cherry picked from commit 595532a766b4bf62401f0567a607e85ed0f548fc)
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/linux.4 | 29 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4 index b24e3dbc9f79..6054ae1aa455 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/linux.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 2, 2022 +.Dd January 9, 2022 .Dt LINUX 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ linux_enable="YES" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -module provides limited Linux ABI (application binary interface) compatibility, -making it possible to run many unmodified Linux applications +kernel module provides limited Linux ABI (application binary interface) +compatibility, making it possible to run many unmodified Linux applications without the need for virtualization or emulation. Some of the facilities provided are: .Bl -bullet @@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ file systems. .Pp To install Linux shared libraries and system files into .Pa /compat/linux , -use the +either use the .Pa emulators/linux_base-c7 -port or the -.Dv linux_base-c7 -package. +port or package, +or +.Xr debootstrap 8 +installed from +.Pa sysutils/debootstrap . .Pp To avoid mounting Linux-specific filesystems at startup, add the following line to the @@ -132,18 +134,17 @@ From a user perspective, this makes work for Linux executables. Defaults to 0. .It Va compat.linux.setid_allowed -Disable handling of set-user-ID and set-group-ID mode bits for the new +Enable handling of set-user-ID and set-group-ID mode bits for the new process image file when image is to be executed under Linux ABI. -When set, new Linux images always use credentials of the program +When set to 0, new Linux images always use credentials of the program that issued the .Xr execve 2 call, regardless of the image file mode. -Defaults to 1. -.Pp This might be reasonable or even required, because .Fx -does not emulate Linux environment completely, and missed features -could become holes. +does not emulate the Linux environment completely, and missed features +may result in security vulnerabilities. +Defaults to 1. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /compat/linux/dev/shm -compact @@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ Linux kernel objects file system, see .Xr linsysfs 5 , .Xr tmpfs 5 .Sh HISTORY -Linux ABI support first appeared in +Linux ABI support first appeared for i386 in .Fx 2.1 . Support for amd64 binaries first appeared in .Fx 10.3 . |