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setpriv(1)

NAME

   setpriv - run a program with different Linux privilege settings

SYNOPSIS

   setpriv [options] program [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

   Sets  or  queries  various  Linux privilege settings that are inherited
   across execve(2).

   The difference between the commands setpriv and su (or runuser) is that
   setpriv  does  not  use open PAM session and does not ask for password.
   It's simple non-suid wrapper around execve syscall.

OPTION

   --clear-groups
          Clear supplementary groups.

   -d, --dump
          Dump current privilege state.  Can be specified more  than  once
          to  show  extra, mostly useless, information.  Incompatible with
          all other options.

   --groups group...
          Set supplementary groups.  The  argument  is  a  comma-separated
          list.

   --inh-caps (+|-)cap...  or  --bounding-set (+|-)cap...
          Set the inheritable capabilities or the capability bounding set.
          See capabilities(7).  The argument is a comma-separated list  of
          +cap   and   -cap   entries,   which  add  or  remove  an  entry
          respectively.  +all and -all can be used to add  or  remove  all
          caps.   The  set  of  capabilities  starts  out  as  the current
          inheritable set for --inh-caps and the current bounding set  for
          --bounding-set.   If  you  drop  something from the bounding set
          without also dropping it  from  the  inheritable  set,  you  are
          likely to become confused.  Do not do that.

   --keep-groups
          Preserve  supplementary groups.  Only useful in conjunction with
          --rgid, --egid, or --regid.

   --list-caps
          List all known capabilities.   This  option  must  be  specified
          alone.

   --no-new-privs
          Set the no_new_privs bit.  With this bit set, execve(2) will not
          grant new privileges.  For example, the setuid and  setgid  bits
          as  well  as  file  capabilities  will  be disabled.  (Executing
          binaries with these bits set will still work, but they will  not
          gain  privileges.  Certain LSMs, especially AppArmor, may result
          in failures to execute certain programs.)  This bit is inherited
          by  child  processes  and  cannot  be  unset.   See prctl(2) and
          Documentation/prctl/no_new_privs.txt in the Linux kernel source.

          The no_new_privs bit is supported since Linux 3.5.

   --rgid gid, --egid gid, --regid gid
          Set the real, effective, or both gids.  The gid argument can  be
          given as textual group name.

          For safety, you must specify one of --clear-groups, --groups, or
          --keep-groups if you set any primary gid.

   --ruid uid, --euid uid, --reuid uid
          Set the real, effective, or both uids.  The uid argument can  be
          given as textual login name.

          Setting  a uid or gid does not change capabilities, although the
          exec call at the end  might  change  capabilities.   This  means
          that, if you are root, you probably want to do something like:

                  setpriv --reuid=1000 --regid=1000 --caps=-all

   --securebits (+|-)securebit...
          Set  or  clear  securebits.   The  argument is a comma-separated
          list.   The  valid   securebits   are   noroot,   noroot_locked,
          no_setuid_fixup,  no_setuid_fixup_locked,  and keep_caps_locked.
          keep_caps is cleared by execve(2) and is therefore not allowed.

   --selinux-label label
          Request a particular SELinux transition (using a  transition  on
          exec,  not  dyntrans).   This  will fail and cause setpriv(1) to
          abort if SELinux is not  in  use,  and  the  transition  may  be
          ignored  or  cause  execve(2)  to  fail  at SELinux's whim.  (In
          particular,  this  is  unlikely  to  work  in  conjunction  with
          no_new_privs.)  This is similar to runcon(1).

   --apparmor-profile profile
          Request  a  particular  AppArmor  profile (using a transition on
          exec).  This will fail and cause setpriv(1) to abort if AppArmor
          is  not  in  use,  and  the  transition  may be ignored or cause
          execve(2) to fail at AppArmor's whim.

   -V, --version
          Display version information and exit.

   -h, --help
          Display help text and exit.

NOTES

   If applying any specified option fails, program will  not  be  run  and
   setpriv will return with exit code 127.

   Be   careful  with  this  tool  --  it  may  have  unexpected  security
   consequences.  For example, setting no_new_privs  and  then  execing  a
   program  that  is  SELinux-confined (as this tool would do) may prevent
   the SELinux restrictions from taking effect.

AUTHOR

   Andy Lutomirski luto@amacapital.net

AVAILABILITY

   The setpriv command is part of the util-linux package and is  available
   from  Linux  Kernel Archive ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
   linux/.

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