This is userv, a trust boundary management service for Unix. Using userv, one program can call another without either of them having to trust the other completely. This enables applications such as mail delivery, cron, user-provided CGI scripts and so forth to operate without needing to be given root privilege. THIS VERSION IS BETA. For installation requirements and instructions please see INSTALL. For usage documentation and discussion see the manual in spec.* (various formats via Debiandoc-SGML in spec.sgml). The WWW page is . There are two mailing lists: userv-discuss and userv-announce; both are managed by majordomo@chiark.greenend.org.uk. Send majordomo the word `help' for instructions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe. Please send bug reports and suggestions to userv-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk, or to the userv-discuss mailing list if you are subscribed to it. userv is Copyright (C)1996-9 Ian Jackson . userv 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. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with userv as the file COPYING; if not, email me at the address above or write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.