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@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ The list of allowed attributes are:
- env_alias: An alias environment variable
-- security_level: Specify security level of the tunable. Valid values:
+- security_level: Specify security level of the tunable for AT_SECURE
+ binaries. Valid values are:
- SXID_ERASE: (default) Don't read for AT_SECURE binaries and
- removed so that child processes can't read it.
- SXID_IGNORE: Don't read for AT_SECURE binaries, but retained for
- non-AT_SECURE subprocesses.
+ SXID_ERASE: (default) Do not read and do not pass on to
+ child processes.
+ SXID_IGNORE: Do not read, but retain for non-AT_SECURE
+ child processes.
NONE: Read all the time.
2. Use TUNABLE_GET/TUNABLE_SET/TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS to get and set tunables.