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43 is a program used to regulate game playing.
45 expects to be invoked with the name of a game that a user wishes to play.
46 This is done by creating symbolic links to
50 for all of the regulated games.
51 The actual binaries for these games should be placed in a
55 that may only be accessed by the
59 determines if the requested game is available and, if so, runs it.
62 controls the conditions under which games may be run.
69 If the file exists, no game playing is allowed; the contents of the file
70 will be displayed to any user requesting a game.
72 .Bl -tag -width /var/log/games.log -compact
76 turns off game playing
77 .It Pa /usr/games/hide
78 directory of ``real'' binaries
79 .It Pa /var/log/games.log
89 .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
90 Two issues result from
92 running the games setgid
94 First, all games that allow users to run
96 commands should carefully
97 set both the real and effective group ids immediately before executing
99 Probably more important is that
101 never be setgid anything but
103 so that compromising a game will result only in
104 the user's ability to play games at will.
105 Secondly, games which previously had no reason to run setgid and which
106 accessed user files may have to be modified.