A user is always allowed to change the CPU affinity of his or her
own processes. CAP_SYS_NICE is only required to change the affinity
of another user's process.
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Joe Mario <jmario@redhat.com>
.B taskset \-p
.I mask pid
.SH PERMISSIONS
+A user can change the CPU affinity of a process belonging to the same user.
A user must possess
.B CAP_SYS_NICE
-to change the CPU affinity of a process. Any user can retrieve the affinity
-mask.
+to change the CPU affinity of a process belonging to another user.
+A user can retrieve the affinity mask of any process.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Robert M. Love.
.SH COPYRIGHT