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authorDave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>2009-12-17 16:30:02 -0500
committerDave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>2009-12-17 16:30:02 -0500
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PR 10889: Reorganize client/server man pages. Document --unprivileged.
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diff --git a/stap.1.in b/stap.1.in
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@@ -1032,11 +1032,21 @@ group; or
.IP \(bu 4
a member of the
.I stapusr
-group. Members of the
+group.
+.PP
+Members of the
.I stapusr
-group can only use modules located in
+group can only use modules under the following conditions:
+.IP \(bu 4
+The module is located in
the /lib/modules/VERSION/systemtap directory. This directory
must be owned by root and not be world writable.
+.IP \(bu 4
+The module has been signed by a trusted signer. Trusted signers are normally
+systemtap compile servers which sign modules when the --unprivileged option is
+specified by the client. See the
+.IR stap-server (8)
+manual page for a for more information.
.PP
The kernel modules generated by
.I stap
@@ -1247,6 +1257,8 @@ unloading.
.IR stapfuncs (3stap),
.IR stapvars (3stap),
.IR stapex (3stap),
+.IR stap-client (8),
+.IR stap-server (8),
.IR awk (1),
.IR gdb (1)