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MAC_PRIORITY(4) 	     Kernel Interfaces Manual		 MAC_PRIORITY(4)

NAME
     mac_priority -- policy for scheduling privileges of non-root users

SYNOPSIS
     To compile the mac_priority policy into your kernel, place the following
     lines in your kernel configuration file:

	   options MAC
	   options MAC_PRIORITY

     Alternately, to load the mac_priority policy module at boot time, place the
     following line in your kernel configuration file:

	   options MAC

     and in loader.conf(5):

	   mac_priority_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The mac_priority policy grants scheduling privileges based on group(5) mem-
     bership.	Users  or processes in the group `realtime' (gid 47) are allowed
     to run threads and processes with realtime scheduling priority.   Users  or
     processes	in  the group `idletime' (gid 48) are allowed to run threads and
     processes with idle scheduling priority.

     With the mac_priority realtime policy active, privileged users may use  the
     rtprio(1)	utility  to  start processes with realtime priority.  Privileged
     applications can promote threads and processes to realtime priority through
     the rtprio(2) system calls.

     When the idletime policy is active, privileged users may use the  idprio(1)
     utility to start processes with idle priority.  Privileged applications can
     demote  threads and processes to idle priority through the rtprio(2) system
     calls.

   Privileges Granted
     The realtime policy grants the following kernel privileges to  any  process
     running with the realtime group id:
	   PRIV_SCHED_RTPRIO
	   PRIV_SCHED_SETPOLICY

     The kernel privilege granted by the idletime policy is:
	   PRIV_SCHED_IDPRIO

   Runtime Configuration
     The following sysctl(8) MIBs are available for fine-tuning this MAC policy.
     All   sysctl(8)  variables  can  also  be	set  as  loader(8)  tunables  in
     loader.conf(5).

     security.mac.priority.realtime
	     Enable the realtime policy.  (Default: 1).

     security.mac.priority.realtime_gid
	     The numeric gid of the realtime group.  (Default: 47).

     security.mac.priority.idletime
	     Enable the idletime policy.  (Default: 1).

     security.mac.priority.idletime_gid
	     The numeric gid of the idletime group.  (Default: 48).

SEE ALSO
     idprio(1), rtprio(1), rtprio(2), mac(4)

HISTORY
     MAC first appeared in  FreeBSD  5.0  and  mac_priority  first  appeared  in
     FreeBSD 13.1.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		December 14, 2021		 MAC_PRIORITY(4)

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