chpst(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  chpst(8)

NAME

       chpst - runs a program with a changed process state

SYNOPSIS

       chpst  [-vP012]	[-u user] [-U user] [-b argv0] [-e dir] [-/ root] [-n inc] [-l|-L lock] [-m bytes] [-d bytes] [-o n] [-p n] [-f bytes] [-c
       bytes] prog

DESCRIPTION

       prog consists of one or more arguments.

       chpst changes the process state according to the given options, and runs prog.

OPTIONS

       -u [:]user[:group]
	      setuidgid.  Set uid and gid to the user's uid and gid, as found in /etc/passwd.  If user is followed by a colon and a group, set the
	      gid  to  group's	gid,  as  found in /etc/group, instead of user's gid.  If group consists of a colon-separated list of group names,
	      chpst sets the group ids of all listed groups.  If user is prefixed with a colon, the user and all group arguments  are  interpreted
	      as uid and gids respectivly, and not looked up in the password or group file.  All initial supplementary groups are removed.

       -U [:]user[:group]
	      envuidgid.   Set the environment variables $UID and $GID to the user's uid and gid, as found in /etc/passwd.  If user is followed by
	      a colon and a group, set $GID to the group's gid, as found in /etc/group, instead of user's gid.	If user is prefixed with a  colon,
	      the user and group arguments are interpreted as uid and gid respectivly, and not looked up in the password or group file.

       -b argv0
	      argv0.  Run prog with argv0 as the 0th argument.

       -e dir envdir.	Set  various  environment variables as specified by files in the directory dir: If dir contains a file named k whose first
	      line is v, chpst removes the environment variable k if it exists, and then adds the environment variable k with the  value  v.   The
	      name  k  must not contain =.  Spaces and tabs at the end of v are removed, and nulls in v are changed to newlines.  If the file k is
	      empty (0 bytes long), chpst removes the environment variable k if it exists, without adding a new variable.

       -/ root
	      chroot.  Change the root directory to root before starting prog.

       -n inc nice.  Add inc to the nice(2) value before starting prog.  inc must be an integer, and may start with a minus or plus.

       -l lock
	      lock.  Open the file lock for writing, and obtain an exclusive lock on it.  lock will be created if it does not exist.  If  lock	is
	      locked by another process, wait until a new lock can be obtained.

       -L lock
	      The same as -l, but fail immediately if lock is locked by another process.

       -m bytes
	      limit  memory.   Limit  the  data segment, stack segment, locked physical pages, and total of all segment per process to bytes bytes
	      each.

       -d bytes
	      limit data segment.  Limit the data segment per process to bytes bytes.

       -o n   limit open files.  Limit the number of open file descriptors per process to n.

       -p n   limit processes.	Limit the number of processes per uid to n.

       -f bytes
	      limit output size.  Limit the output file size to bytes bytes.

       -c bytes
	      limit core size.	Limit the core file size to bytes bytes.

       -v     verbose.	Print verbose messages to standard error.  This includes warnings about limits unsupported by the system.

       -P     pgrphack.  Run prog in a new process group.

       -0     Close standard input before starting prog.

       -1     Close standard output before starting prog.

       -2     Close standard error before starting prog.

EXIT CODES

       chpst exits 100 when called with wrong options.	It prints an error message and exits 111 if it has trouble  changing  the  process  state.
       Otherwise its exit code is the same as that of prog.

EMULATION

       If  chpst  is called as envdir, envuidgid, pgrphack, setlock, setuidgid, or softlimit, it emulates the functionality of these programs from
       the daemontools package respectively.

SEE ALSO

       sv(8), runsv(8), setsid(2), runit(8), runit-init(8), runsvdir(8), runsvchdir(8)

	http://smarden.org/runit/
	http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html

AUTHOR

       Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>

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