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OS-5440 pfexec and the case of the missing error message
Reviewed by: Joshua M. Clulow <jmc@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Patrick Mooney <patrick.mooney@joyent.com>

*** 51,60 **** --- 51,65 ---- The privileges specification on the commands line is parsed using \fBpriv_str_to_set\fR(3C). The resulting privileges are intersected with the union of the privileges specified using the "\fBprivs\fR" keyword in \fBprof_attr\fR(4) for all the user's profiles and added to the inheritable set before executing the command. + .sp + .LP + For \fBpfexec\fR to function correctly, the \fBpfexecd\fR daemon must be running + in the current zone. This is normally managed by the + "\fBsvc:/system/pfexec:default\fR" SMF service (see \fBsmf\fR(5)). .SH USAGE .sp .LP \fBpfexec\fR is used to execute commands with predefined process attributes, such as specific user or group \fBID\fRs.
*** 102,107 **** .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBcsh\fR(1), \fBksh\fR(1), \fBprofiles\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBexec_attr\fR(4), ! \fBprof_attr\fR(4), \fBuser_attr\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5) --- 107,112 ---- .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBcsh\fR(1), \fBksh\fR(1), \fBprofiles\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBexec_attr\fR(4), ! \fBprof_attr\fR(4), \fBuser_attr\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBsmf\fR(5)