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@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ aren't possible.
- Other useful stuff:
* Install deb-packages from an ftp server via 'dpkg -iO ftp://foo/bar/*.deb'
* remount a filesystem readonly as regular user: fsysopts /foo -r
+ * give a process additional group and user permissions at runtime:
+ $ groups
+ root
+ $ ps -L # gives me the PID of my login bash -> bashPID
+ ...
+ $ addauth -p bashPID -g mail
+ $ groups
+ root mail
- Having a complete GNU System (but not yet on every hardware, and only about half the software Debian offers has been ported).