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document P2K_WIZARDUID

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.\" $NetBSD: p2k.3,v 1.4 2009/05/03 20:26:42 pooka Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: p2k.3,v 1.5 2009/11/21 11:40:52 pooka Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Antti Kantee. All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd May 3, 2009
.Dd November 21, 2009
.Dt P2K 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
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are handled by
.Xr puffs 3 .
.Pp
The following environment variables affect the behaviour of puffs.
The following environment variables affect the behaviour of
.Nm .
They are useful mostly for debugging purposes.
The flags are environment variables because typically the command line
arguments to
.Nm
utilities are parsed using versions not aware of possible puffs flags:
for example, the
utilities are parsed using versions not aware of
.Nm
options; for example, the
.Xr rump_cd9660 8
arguments are really parsed by
.Xr mount_cd9660 8 .
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Do not use the puffs name cache.
.It Dv P2K_NOCACHE
Do not use the puffs page or name cache.
.It Dv P2K_WIZARDUID
If set, use the value of the variable to determine to uid of the
caller of each operation instead of the actual caller supplied
by
.Xr puffs 3 .
This can be used for example to simplify modifying an OS installations
root image as a non-root user.
If the variable is set but does not contain an integer value, 0
(root) is used.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr puffs 3 ,