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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/verifiedexec_load Lots of cleanup.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/35f5cd732faa
branches: trunk
changeset: 538766:35f5cd732faa
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Tue Oct 29 14:11:06 2002 +0000
description:
Lots of cleanup.
diffstat:
sbin/verifiedexec_load/verifiedexec_load.8 | 53 ++++++++++++++---------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diffs (99 lines):
diff -r 0a28864c2810 -r 35f5cd732faa sbin/verifiedexec_load/verifiedexec_load.8
--- a/sbin/verifiedexec_load/verifiedexec_load.8 Tue Oct 29 14:05:33 2002 +0000
+++ b/sbin/verifiedexec_load/verifiedexec_load.8 Tue Oct 29 14:11:06 2002 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.\" $NetBSD: verifiedexec_load.8,v 1.2 2002/10/29 14:11:06 wiz Exp $
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999
.\" Brett Lymn - blymn%baea.com.au@localhost, brett_lymn%yahoo.com.au@localhost
.\"
@@ -27,11 +29,11 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: verifiedexec_load.8,v 1.1 2002/10/29 13:58:02 blymn Exp $
+.\" $Id: verifiedexec_load.8,v 1.2 2002/10/29 14:11:06 wiz Exp $
.\"
-.Dd January, 2000
+.Dd October 29, 2002
.Dt VERIFIEDEXEC_LOAD 8
-.Os BSD 4
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm verifiedexec_load
.Nd load verified exec fingerprints
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-command loads the in kernel fingerprint table from the fingerprints
+command loads the in-kernel fingerprint table from the fingerprints
given in the
.Ar fingerprints
file.
@@ -51,35 +53,31 @@
.Pp
The
.Ar fingerprints
-file contains lines of fields separated by one or more whitespace
-characters of the form:
-.Pp
-path fingerprint type options
-.Pp
-Where path is the full path to the executable, fingerprint is a
+file contains lines of fields (separated by one or more whitespace
+characters) of the form:
+.Dl path fingerprint type options
+Where path is the full path to the executable and fingerprint is a
hexadecimal representation of the fingerprint for the executable.
Type is the type of fingerprint used, currently this may be either
-md5 or sha1, other fingerprints may be available depending on kernel
-support.
+md5 or sha1.
+Other fingerprints may be available depending on kernel support.
Options are the associated options for the executable.
-Currently
-there are two valid options:
-.Pp
+Currently there are two valid options:
.Bl -tag -width INDIRECT -compact
.It Pa INDIRECT
-if this option is set then the executable cannot be invoked directly, it
+If this option is set then the executable cannot be invoked directly, it
can only be used as an interpreter in shell scripts.
.It Pa FILE
-indicates that the fingerprint is associated with a file not an
-executable. Files have their fingerprints verified during
+Indicates that the fingerprint is associated with a file, not an
+executable.
+Files have their fingerprints verified during
.Xr open 2
and are automatically made read only.
.El
-
- There must be only one
-executable/fingerprint pair per line. Comments are indicated by the
-first character of a line being a `#' character.
-.Pp
+There must be only one executable/fingerprint pair per line.
+Comments are indicated by the first character of a line being a
+.Sq \&#
+character.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/verifiedexec -compact
.It Pa /dev/verifiedexec
@@ -87,9 +85,10 @@
.El
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
-first appeared in NetBSD 1.7
+first appeared in
+.Nx 1.7 .
.Sh NOTES
.Nm
-requires the kernel to have been configured with the VERIFIED_EXEC
-option and verifiedexec pseudo-device.
-
+requires the kernel to have been configured with the
+.Dv VERIFIED_EXEC
+option and the verifiedexec pseudo-device.
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