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     NEWNS(2)                                                 NEWNS(2)

     NAME
          Newns: newns, newuser - build a new name space from a
          description file

     SYNOPSIS
          include "newns.m";
          ns := load Newns Newns->PATH;

          newns:   fn(user: string, nsfile: string): string;
          newuser: fn(user: string, cap: string, nsfile: string): string;

     DESCRIPTION
          Newns reads file nsfile and builds a new name space based on
          the commands it contains.  The file has the format defined
          by namespace(6). If nsfile is nil or empty, then newns
          attempts to read file the file namespace.

          Newuser uses a capability cap suitable for cap(3) to change
          the current process's user name to user, and uses newns and
          nsfile to build it a new name space.  The capability is typ-
          ically obtained via factotum(4).

     SOURCE
          /appl/lib/newns.b

     SEE ALSO
          sys-bind(2), sys-chdir(2), sys-pctl(2), factotum(4),
          namespace(6)

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