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diff --git a/vendor/CherryPy-3.2.0/sphinx/source/refman/process/plugins/dropprivileges.rst b/vendor/CherryPy-3.2.0/sphinx/source/refman/process/plugins/dropprivileges.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..daaa1ef --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/CherryPy-3.2.0/sphinx/source/refman/process/plugins/dropprivileges.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +*************** +Drop privileges +*************** + +Use this :ref:`Engine Plugin<plugins>` to start your +CherryPy site as root (for example, to listen on a privileged port like 80) +and then reduce privileges to something more restricted. + +This priority of this plugin's "start" listener is slightly higher than the +priority for ``server.start`` in order to facilitate the most common use: +starting on a low port (which requires root) and then dropping to another user. + +Example:: + + DropPrivileges(cherrypy.engine, '/var/run/myapp.pid').subscribe() + +.. currentmodule:: cherrypy.process.plugins + +Classes +======= + +.. autoclass:: DropPrivileges + :members: + :show-inheritance: + |