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--- mgetty-1.1.30.old/doc/faxrunqd.8in 2002-11-23 11:47:17.000000000 -0500
+++ mgetty-1.1.30/doc/faxrunqd.8in 2003-07-15 16:08:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.SH NAME
faxrunqd \- daemon to send fax jobs queued by faxspool(1)
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B faxrunqd [-v] [-d] [-l <ttys>] [-u <user>] [-V]
+.B faxrunqd [-v] [-d] [-D] [-l <ttys>] [-u <user or uid>] [ -g <group or gid> ] [-V]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Runs in the background, and regularily checks the fax queue set up by
faxspool(1). Sends all jobs that are due, records results, and takes
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
would do (send a mail, delete the JOB directory, execute a named program,
etc.). Both programs are fully compatible in this respect.
-.B faxrunqd [-v] [-d] [-l <ttys>] [-u <user>] [-V]
+.B faxrunqd [-v] [-d] [-D] [-l <ttys>] [-u <user or uid>] [ -g <group or gid> ] [-V]
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -v
@@ -67,17 +67,22 @@
.I faxrunqd
to write progress information to the log file.
.TP
+.B -D
+Tells
+.I faxrunqd
+to run in the background, as a daemon.
+.TP
.B -d
Tells
.I faxrunqd
to write debugging information to stdout and the log file (usually used
-together with -v)
+together with -v).
.TP
.B -l <ttyS>
Specifies the list of modem devices to use. Multiple devices are
separated with ':', e.g. '-l ttyS0:ttyS1'.
.TP
-.B -u <user>
+.B -u <user or uid>
.I faxrunqd
can now (since 1.1.29) run as unprivileged user. If you start it as root
from /etc/inittab or from one of the /etc/rc* scripts, it's strongly
@@ -86,7 +91,13 @@
.I faxrunqd
drop all its privileges at startup, and run as the specified user. Running
.I faxrunqd
-as root user might lead to security problems - don't do it.
+as root user might lead to security problems - don't do it. This
+parameter takes either a uid or a username as argument.
+.TP
+.B -g <group or gid>
+.I Same effect as above but for the group id. Indicates the group which
+should own the fax files. This parameter takes either a gid or a
+groupname as argument.
.TP
.B -V
print version number and exit
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