PRIV_FORK(3) Subroutines PRIV_FORK(3)NAMEpriv_fork - create a child Privman managed process
SYNOPSIS
#include <privman.h>
pid_t priv_fork(void);
DESCRIPTIONpriv_fork creates both a child process, and a child Privman manager
process, and connects them together. The child process of the calling
process will actually be the child of the calling process. The new
Privman manager process will be a child of the old Privman manager.
The managed process can, of course, call regular fork() at any time.
If it does, the child process will inherit the pipe to the Privman man‐
ager process. This will not allow the child to cause the manager
process to grant unauthorized privilege, but may cause it to become
highly confused.
FILES
${prefix}/etc/privman.d/ appname
The application's configuration file. See privman_conf(5) for
more details. The configuration file will have to set the fork
statement to true for this call to succeed.
BUGS
There are probably races in error handing, but they should not be
exploitable. They may make proper error handling impossible.
AUTHOR
Network Associates. Send email to <privman@nailabs.com>
SEE ALSOpriv_bind(3)priv_daemon(3)priv_execve(3)priv_fopen(3)priv_init(3)privman_conf(5)priv_open(3)priv_pam(3)priv_rerunas(3)privman(7)Unix SEPTEMBER 2002 PRIV_FORK(3)
