From ab0e0fa7a45bccf8304edcb2a904f30a4f3a48b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rik van Riel Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 16:07:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] taskset: fix PERMISSIONS section of taskset man page A user is always allowed to change the CPU affinity of his or her own processes. CAP_SYS_NICE is only required to change the affinity of another user's process. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel Reported-by: Joe Mario --- schedutils/taskset.1 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/schedutils/taskset.1 b/schedutils/taskset.1 index ade202b..fb5738c 100644 --- a/schedutils/taskset.1 +++ b/schedutils/taskset.1 @@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ Or set it: .B taskset \-p .I mask pid .SH PERMISSIONS +A user can change the CPU affinity of a process belonging to the same user. A user must possess .B CAP_SYS_NICE -to change the CPU affinity of a process. Any user can retrieve the affinity -mask. +to change the CPU affinity of a process belonging to another user. +A user can retrieve the affinity mask of any process. .SH AUTHOR Written by Robert M. Love. .SH COPYRIGHT -- 1.8.4.2