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.\" $NetBSD: paxctl.1,v 1.2 2006/10/31 01:27:53 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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.\"
.\" Copyright 2006 Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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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.Dd October 31, 2006
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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.Dt PAXCTL 1
.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
.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 ,
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.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.
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.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.
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.Sh AUTHORS
.An Elad Efrat Aq elad@NetBSD.org