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Move paxctl from usr.bin/paxctl to usr.sbin/paxctl, and make it an admin tool (man-page moved from section 1 to section 8).
2007-01-30 22:40:07 +03:00
.\" $NetBSD: paxctl.8,v 1.1 2007/01/30 19:40:08 elad Exp $
Introduce PaX MPROTECT -- mprotect(2) restrictions used to strengthen W^X mappings. Disabled by default. First proposed in: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2005/12/18/0000.html More information in: http://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/mprotect.txt Read relevant parts of options(4) and sysctl(3) before using! Lots of thanks to the PaX author and Matt Thomas.
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.\"
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Remove advertising clause from all of my stuff.
2007-01-09 15:49:36 +03:00
.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
Introduce PaX MPROTECT -- mprotect(2) restrictions used to strengthen W^X mappings. Disabled by default. First proposed in: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2005/12/18/0000.html More information in: http://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/mprotect.txt Read relevant parts of options(4) and sysctl(3) before using! Lots of thanks to the PaX author and Matt Thomas.
2006-05-16 04:08:24 +04:00
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Initial implementation of PaX Segvguard (this is still work-in-progress, it's just to get it out of my local tree).
2006-11-22 05:02:51 +03:00
.Dd November 22, 2006
Move paxctl from usr.bin/paxctl to usr.sbin/paxctl, and make it an admin tool (man-page moved from section 1 to section 8).
2007-01-30 22:40:07 +03:00
.Dt PAXCTL 8
Introduce PaX MPROTECT -- mprotect(2) restrictions used to strengthen W^X mappings. Disabled by default. First proposed in: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2005/12/18/0000.html More information in: http://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/mprotect.txt Read relevant parts of options(4) and sysctl(3) before using! Lots of thanks to the PaX author and Matt Thomas.
2006-05-16 04:08:24 +04:00
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm paxctl
.Nd list and modify PaX flags associated with an ELF program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl l
.Ar program
.Nm
.Ar flags
.Ar program
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is used to list and manipulate PaX flags associated with an ELF
program.
.Pp
Each flag can be prefixed either with a
.Dq +
or a
.Dq -
sign to add or remove the flag, respectively.
.Pp
The following flags are available:
.Bl -tag -width flag
Initial implementation of PaX Segvguard (this is still work-in-progress, it's just to get it out of my local tree).
2006-11-22 05:02:51 +03:00
.It g
Explicitly disable PaX Segvguard for
.Ar program .
.It G
Explicitly enable PaX Segvguard for
.Ar program .
Introduce PaX MPROTECT -- mprotect(2) restrictions used to strengthen W^X mappings. Disabled by default. First proposed in: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2005/12/18/0000.html More information in: http://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/mprotect.txt Read relevant parts of options(4) and sysctl(3) before using! Lots of thanks to the PaX author and Matt Thomas.
2006-05-16 04:08:24 +04:00
.It m
Explicitly disable PaX MPROTECT
.Xr ( mprotect 2
restrictions) for
.Ar program .
.It M
Explicitly enable PaX MPROTECT
.Xr ( mprotect 2
restrictions) for
.Ar program .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sysctl 3 ,
Some mdoc fixes.
2006-10-31 04:27:53 +03:00
.Xr options 4 ,
.Xr security 8 ,
Introduce PaX MPROTECT -- mprotect(2) restrictions used to strengthen W^X mappings. Disabled by default. First proposed in: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2005/12/18/0000.html More information in: http://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/mprotect.txt Read relevant parts of options(4) and sysctl(3) before using! Lots of thanks to the PaX author and Matt Thomas.
2006-05-16 04:08:24 +04:00
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 4.0 .
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility is modeled after a tool of the same name available for Linux from the
PaX project.
Some mdoc fixes.
2006-10-31 04:27:53 +03:00
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Elad Efrat Aq elad@NetBSD.org