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+User service daemon and client specification
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+<h2>Abstract</h2>
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+<p>
+This is a specification for a Unix system facility to allow one program to
+invoke another when only limited trust exists between them.
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+<a name="copyright"></a>
+<h2>Copyright Notice</h2>
+
+<p>
+<code>userv</code> is Copyright 1996-2003 Ian Jackson.
+
+<p>
+<code>userv</code> is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+<p>
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but <em>without
+any warranty</em>; without even the implied warranty of
+<em>merchantability</em> or <em>fitness for a particular purpose</em>. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
-This is a specification for a Unix system facility to allow one
-program to invoke another when only limited trust exists
-between them.
+<p>
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+<code>userv</code>; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple
+Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
<hr>
-<h2><A name="toc">
-0.2 Table of contents
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+<a name="contents"></a>
+<h2>Contents</h2>
+
<ul>
-<li><A href="ch-intro.html">1 Introduction</A>
-<li><A href="ch-client.html">2 Client program usage
-</A>
+<li><a href="ch-intro.html">1 Introduction</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-client.html">2 Client program usage</a></li>
<ul>
-<li><A href="ch-client.html#s2.1">2.1</A> Options
-<li><A href="ch-client.html#s-optoverride">2.2</A> Security-overriding options
+<li><a href="ch-client.html#s2.1">2.1 Options</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-client.html#s-optoverride">2.2 Security-overriding options</a></li>
</ul>
-<li><A href="ch-envir.html">3 Execution environment of the service program</A>
+<li><a href="ch-envir.html">3 Execution environment of the service program</a></li>
<ul>
-<li><A href="ch-envir.html#s3.1">3.1</A> File descriptors
-<li><A href="ch-envir.html#s3.2">3.2</A> Environment
+<li><a href="ch-envir.html#s3.1">3.1 File descriptors</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-envir.html#s3.2">3.2 Environment</a></li>
</ul>
-<li><A href="ch-config.html">4 Service-side configuration</A>
+<li><a href="ch-config.html">4 Service-side configuration</a></li>
<ul>
-<li><A href="ch-config.html#s4.1">4.1</A> Configuration file syntax
-<li><A href="ch-config.html#s-directives">4.2</A> Configuration file directives
-<li><A href="ch-config.html#s-configerrors">4.3</A> Errors in the configuration file
-<li><A href="ch-config.html#s-defaults">4.4</A> Defaults
+<li><a href="ch-config.html#s4.1">4.1 Configuration file syntax</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-config.html#s-directives">4.2 Configuration file directives</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-config.html#s-configerrors">4.3 Errors in the configuration file</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-config.html#s-defaults">4.4 Defaults</a></li>
</ul>
-<li><A href="ch-ipass.html">5 Information passed through the client/daemon combination</A>
-<li><A href="ch-notes.html">6 Applications and notes on use</A>
+<li><a href="ch-ipass.html">5 Information passed through the client/daemon combination</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html">6 Applications and notes on use</a></li>
<ul>
-<li><A href="ch-notes.html#s-standards">6.1</A> Standard services and directory management
-<li><A href="ch-notes.html#s-reducepriv">6.2</A> Reducing the number of absolutely privileged subsystems
-<li><A href="ch-notes.html#s-noexcess">6.3</A> Do not give away excessive privilege to <kbd>userv</kbd>-using facilities
-<li><A href="ch-notes.html#s-notreally">6.4</A> <kbd>userv</kbd> is not a replacement for <kbd>really</kbd> and <kbd>sudo</kbd>
-<li><A href="ch-notes.html#s-nogeneral">6.5</A> Don't give access to general-purpose utilities
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-examples">6.1 Examples</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-standards">6.2 Standard services and directory management</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-reducepriv">6.3 Reducing the number of absolutely privileged subsystems</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-noexcess">6.4 Do not give away excessive privilege to <code>userv</code>-using facilities</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-notreally">6.5 <code>userv</code> can often replace <code>sudo</code>, but not <code>really</code></a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-stdinerr">6.6 Error handling and input streams (eg stdin)</a></li>
+<li><a href="ch-notes.html#s-nogeneral">6.7 Don't give access to general-purpose utilities</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
-<hr><h2><A name="copyright">0.3 Copyright</A></h2>
-<kbd>userv</kbd> is Copyright 1996-1999 Ian Jackson.<P>
-
-<kbd>userv</kbd> is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
-your option) any later version.<P>
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-<em>without any warranty</em>; without even the implied warranty of
-<em>merchantability</em> or <em>fitness for a particular purpose</em>. See
-the GNU General Public License for more details.<P>
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with <kbd>userv</kbd>; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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