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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>

@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@
        priv_str_to_set(3C). The resulting privileges are intersected with the
        union of the privileges specified using the "privs" keyword in
        prof_attr(4) for all the user's profiles and added to the inheritable
        set before executing the command.
 
+
+       For pfexec to function correctly, the pfexecd daemon must be running in
+       the current zone. This is normally managed by the
+       "svc:/system/pfexec:default" SMF service (see smf(5)).
+
 USAGE
        pfexec is used to execute commands with predefined process attributes,
        such as specific user or group IDs.
 
 

@@ -72,10 +77,10 @@
              An error occurred.
 
 
 SEE ALSO
        csh(1), ksh(1), profiles(1), sh(1), exec_attr(4), prof_attr(4),
-       user_attr(4), attributes(5)
+       user_attr(4), attributes(5), smf(5)
 
 
 
                                  March 3, 2003                       PFEXEC(1)