From owner-cvs-all Tue Jul 23 6: 9:31 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C969437B400; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:09:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B10E43E42; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:09:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (rwatson@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6ND9PJU070275; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:09:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rwatson@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from rwatson@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g6ND9OsM070273; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:09:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200207231309.g6ND9OsM070273@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Robert Watson Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:09:24 -0700 (PDT) To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 ucred.9 X-FreeBSD-CVS-Branch: HEAD Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG rwatson 2002/07/23 06:09:24 PDT Modified files: share/man/man9 ucred.9 Log: Update ucred.9 to talk a bit more about correct use of credentials, including documenting that ucreds must not be pulled out of thin air, when to use td_cred vs. p_ucred, how to avoid race conditions in credential updates, and why to use p_ucred when targetting a thread or process in an access control operation involving two processes. Reviewed by: julian, jhb (earlier revision) Revision Changes Path 1.7 +58 -8 src/share/man/man9/ucred.9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message