From: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:56:22 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] collectd.conf.pod: Documented the exec plugin's group support.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.1.0~25
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bcd7f3ae2f8a39d5610151c5ad08655677dcc8b9;p=collectd.git

[PATCH 2/2] collectd.conf.pod: Documented the exec plugin's group support.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Signed-off-by: Florian Forster <octo@leeloo.lan.home.verplant.org>
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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 3d2237ed..6413ff11 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -246,9 +246,12 @@ output that is expected from it.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<Exec> I<User> I<Executable>
+=item B<Exec> I<User>[:[I<Group>]] I<Executable>
 
-Execute the executable I<Executable> as user I<User>.
+Execute the executable I<Executable> as user I<User>. If the user name is
+followed by a colon and a group name, the program is executed as the specified
+group. If only the colon follows the user name the group defaults to the
+user's login group.
 
 =back