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authorMateusz Moscicki <m.moscicki2@partner.samsung.com>2019-11-18 13:23:52 +0100
committerKarol Lewandowski <k.lewandowsk@samsung.com>2019-12-05 11:06:23 +0000
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notify: add new --uid= command
The new --uid= switch allows selecting the UID from which the notificaiton messages shall originate. This is primarily useful for testing purposes, but might have other uses. (cherry picked from commit: 65c6b99094580afa186199d8091cd7536900526c) Change-Id: I1531bb34818ef8daa3eb8a7c8e973ef9d4aa1ba1
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diff --git a/man/systemd-notify.xml b/man/systemd-notify.xml
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--- a/man/systemd-notify.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-notify.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--uid=</option><replaceable>USER</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the user ID to send the notification from. Takes a UNIX user name or numeric UID. When
+ specified the notification message will be sent with the specified UID as sender, in place of the user the
+ command was invoked as. This option requires sufficient privileges in order to be able manipulate the user
+ identity of the process.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>--status=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Send a free-form status string for the daemon