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31.Dd February 22, 2019
32.Dt PROCCONTROL 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm proccontrol
36.Nd Control some process execution aspects
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Fl m Ar mode
40.Op Fl s Ar control
41.Op Fl q
42.Fl p Ar pid | command
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46command modifies the execution parameter of existing process
47specified by the
48.Ar pid
49argument, or starts execution of the new program
50.Ar command
51with the execution parameter set for it.
52.Pp
53Which execution parameter is changed, selected by the mandatory
54parameter
55.Ar mode .
56Possible values for
57.Ar mode
58are:
59.Bl -tag -width trapcap
60.It Ar aslr
61Control the Address Space Layout Randomization.
62Only applicable to the new process spawned.
63.It Ar trace
64Control the permission for debuggers to attach.
65.It Ar trapcap
66Controls the signalling of capability mode access violations.
67.El
68.Pp
69The
70Ar control
71specifies if the selected
72.Ar mode
73should be enabled or disabled.
74Possible values are
75.Ar enable
76and
77.Ar disable ,
78with the default value being
79.Ar enable
80if not specified.
81See
82.Xr procctl 2
83for detailed description of each mode effects and interaction with other
84process control facilities.
85.Pp
86The
87.Op Fl q
88switch makes the utility query and print the current setting for
89the selected mode.
90.Sh EXIT STATUS
91.Ex -std
92.Sh EXAMPLES
93.Bl -bullet
94.It
95To disable debuggers attachment to the process 1020, execute
96.Dl "proccontrol -m trace -s disable -p 1020"
97.It
98To execute the
99.Xr uniq 1
100program in a mode where capability access violations cause
101.Dv SIGTRAP
102delivery, do
103.Dl "proccontrol -m trapcap uniq"
104.It
105To query the current ASLR enablement mode for the running
106process 1020, do
107.Dl "proccontrol -m aslr -q -p 1020"
108.El
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr kill 2 ,
111.Xr procctl 2 ,
112.Xr ptrace 2
113.Sh HISTORY
114The
115.Nm
116command appeared in
117.Fx 10.0 .
118.Sh AUTHORS
119The
120.Nm
121command and this manual page were written by
122.An Konstantin Belousov Aq Mt kib@freebsd.org
123under sponsorship from The FreeBSD Foundation.
124