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LOGIN_CLASS(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		LOGIN_CLASS(3)

NAME
     setclasscontext, setclasscpumask, setclassenvironment, setclassresources,
     setusercontext -- functions for using the login class capabilities	data-
     base

LIBRARY
     System Utilities Library (libutil,	-lutil)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <login_cap.h>

     int
     setclasscontext(const char	*classname, unsigned int flags);

     void
     setclasscpumask(login_cap_t *lc);

     void
     setclassenvironment(login_cap_t *lc, const	struct passwd *pwd,
	 int paths);

     void
     setclassresources(login_cap_t *lc);

     int
     setusercontext(login_cap_t	*lc, const struct passwd *pwd, uid_t uid,
	 unsigned int flags);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions provide a higher level interface to the login class data-
     base than those documented	in login_cap(3).  These	functions are used to
     set resource limits, environment and accounting settings for users	on
     logging into the system and when selecting	an appropriate set of environ-
     ment and resource settings	for system daemons based on login classes.
     These functions may only be called	if the current process is running with
     root privileges.  If the LOGIN_SETLOGIN flag is used this function	calls
     setlogin(2), and due care must be taken as	detailed in the	manpage	for
     that function and this affects all	processes running in the same session
     and not just the current process.

     The setclasscontext() function sets various class context values (re-
     source limits, umask and process priorities) based	on values for a	spe-
     cific named class.

     The setusercontext() function sets	class context values based on a	given
     login_cap_t object	and a specific passwd record (if login_cap_t is	NULL),
     the current session's login, and the current process user and group own-
     ership.  Each of these actions is selectable via bit-flags	passed in the
     flags parameter, which is comprised of one	or more	of the following:

     LOGIN_SETLOGIN	 Set the login associated with the current session to
			 the user specified in the passwd structure using
			 setlogin(2).  The pwd parameter must not be NULL if
			 this option is	used.

     LOGIN_SETUSER	 Set ownership of the current process to the uid spec-
			 ified in the uid parameter using setuid(2).

     LOGIN_SETGROUP	 Set group ownership of	the current process to the
			 group id specified in the passwd structure using
			 setgid(2), and	calls initgroups(3) to set up the
			 group access list for the current process.  The pwd
			 parameter must	not be NULL if this option is used.

     LOGIN_SETRESOURCES	 Set resource limits for the current process based on
			 values	specified in the system	login class database.
			 Class capability tags used, with and without -cur
			 (soft limit) or -max (hard limit) suffixes and	the
			 corresponding resource	setting:

			 cputime	  RLIMIT_CPU
			 filesize	  RLIMIT_FSIZE
			 datasize	  RLIMIT_DATA
			 stacksize	  RLIMIT_STACK
			 coredumpsize	  RLIMIT_CORE
			 memoryuse	  RLIMIT_RSS
			 memorylocked	  RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
			 maxproc	  RLIMIT_NPROC
			 openfiles	  RLIMIT_NOFILE
			 sbsize		  RLIMIT_SBSIZE
			 vmemoryuse	  RLIMIT_VMEM
			 pseudoterminals  RLIMIT_NPTS
			 swapuse	  RLIMIT_SWAP

     LOGIN_SETPRIORITY	 Set the scheduling priority for the current process
			 based on the value specified in the system login
			 class database.  Class	capability tags	used:

			 priority

     LOGIN_SETUMASK	 Set the umask for the current process to a value in
			 the user or system login class	database.  Class capa-
			 bility	tags used:

			 umask

     LOGIN_SETPATH	 Set the "path"	and "manpath" environment variables
			 based on values in the	user or	system login class
			 database.  Class capability tags used with the	corre-
			 sponding environment variables	set:

			 path	       PATH
			 manpath       MANPATH

     LOGIN_SETENV	 Set various environment variables based on values in
			 the user or system login class	database.  Class capa-
			 bility	tags used with the corresponding environment
			 variables set:

			 lang	       LANG
			 charset       MM_CHARSET
			 timezone      TZ
			 term	       TERM

			 Additional environment	variables may be set using the
			 list type capability "setenv=var1 val1,var2
			 val2..,varN valN".

     LOGIN_SETMAC	 Set the MAC label for the current process to the la-
			 bel specified in system login class database.

     LOGIN_SETCPUMASK	 Create	a new cpuset(2)	and set	the cpu	affinity to
			 the specified mask.  The string may contain a comma
			 separated list	of numbers and/or number ranges	as
			 handled by the	cpuset(1) utility or the case-insensi-
			 tive string `default'.	 If the	string is `default' no
			 action	will be	taken.

     LOGIN_SETALL	 Enables all of	the above settings.

     Note that when setting environment	variables and a	valid passwd pointer
     is	provided in the	pwd parameter, the characters `~' and `$' are substi-
     tuted for the user's home directory and login name	respectively.

     The setclasscpumask(), setclassresources()	and setclassenvironment()
     functions are subsets of the setcontext functions above, but may be use-
     ful in isolation.

RETURN VALUES
     The setclasscontext() and setusercontext()	functions return -1 if an er-
     ror occurred, or 0	on success.  If	an error occurs	when attempting	to set
     the user, login, group or resources, a message is reported	to syslog(3),
     with LOG_ERR priority and directed	to the currently active	facility.

SEE ALSO
     cpuset(1),	cpuset(2), setgid(2), setlogin(2), setuid(2), getcap(3),
     initgroups(3), login_cap(3), mac_set_proc(3), login.conf(5), termcap(5)

BSD				March 24, 2011				   BSD

NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | SEE ALSO

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