134 lines
4.1 KiB
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134 lines
4.1 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: clockctl.4,v 1.4 2002/08/20 15:47:46 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Emmanuel Dreyfus.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd October 20, 2001
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.Dt CLOCKCTL 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm clockctl
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.Nd Clock subsystem user control
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd pseudo-device clockctl
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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interface brings clock control to non-root users. Any user with write access
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to
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.Pa /dev/clockctl
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will be able to perform operations such as
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.Xr settimeofday 2 ,
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.Xr clock_settime 2 ,
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.Xr adjtime 2 ,
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or
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.Xr ntp_adjtime 2 ,
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which are normally restricted to the super-user. Using the
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.Nm
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pseudo-device, it is possible to run daemons such as
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.Xr ntpd 8
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as non-privileged users, thus reducing the security exposure if a
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compromise is found in such a daemon.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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pseudo-device driver provides an
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.Xr ioctl 2
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call for each privileged clock-related system call. The system
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call stubs in C library will use the
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.Xr ioctl 2
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on
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.Pa /dev/clockctl
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if the special file is present and accessible, or will revert to the
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plain super-user-restricted system call if the special file is not accessible.
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.Pp
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The following
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.Xr ioctl 2
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calls are defined in
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.Aq Pa sys/clockctl.h :
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.Bl -tag -width CLOCKCTL
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.It Dv CLOCKCTL_SETTIMEOFDAY
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This will run the
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.Xr settimeofday 2
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system call. Argument should be a pointer to a
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.Va struct clockctl_settimeofday_args :
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.Bd -literal
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struct clockctl_settimeofday_args {
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struct timeval tv;
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struct timezone tzp;
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};
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.Ed
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.It Dv CLOCKCTL_CLOCK_SETTIME
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This will run the
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.Xr clock_settime 2
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system call. Argument should be a pointer to a
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.Va struct clockctl_clock_settime_args :
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.Bd -literal
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struct clockctl_clock_settime_args {
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clockid_t clock_id;
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struct timespec tp;
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};
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.Ed
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.It Dv CLOCKCTL_ADJTIME
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This will run the
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.Xr adjtime 2
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system call. Argument should be a pointer to a
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.Va struct clockctl_adjtime_args :
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.Bd -literal
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struct clockctl_adjtime_args {
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struct timeval delta;
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struct timeval olddelta;
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};
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.Ed
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.It Dv CLOCKCTL_NTP_ADJTIME
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This will run the
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.Xr ntp_adjtime 2
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system call. Argument should be a pointer to a
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.Va struct clockctl_ntp_adjtime_args :
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.Bd -literal
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struct clockctl_ntp_adjtime_args {
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struct timex tp;
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};
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.Ed
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr adjtime 2 ,
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.Xr clock_settime 2 ,
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.Xr ioctl 2 ,
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.Xr settimeofday 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Nm
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appeared in
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.Nx 1.6 .
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