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diff --git a/doc/dbus-daemon.1.in b/doc/dbus-daemon.1.in index b063e643..53856e91 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-daemon.1.in +++ b/doc/dbus-daemon.1.in @@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ The possible attributes of these elements are: eavesdrop="true" | "false" own="name" + own_prefix="name" user="username" group="groupname" .fi @@ -573,6 +574,15 @@ like "foo.bar.*" aren't allowed for now because they'd be work to implement and maybe encourage sloppy security anyway. .PP +<allow own_prefix="a.b"/> allows you to own the name "a.b" or any +name whose first dot-separated elements are "a.b": in particular, +you can own "a.b.c" or "a.b.c.d", but not "a.bc" or "a.c". +This is useful when services like Telepathy and ReserveDevice +define a meaning for subtrees of well-known names, such as +org.freedesktop.Telepathy.ConnectionManager.(anything) +and org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1.(anything). + +.PP It does not make sense to deny a user or group inside a <policy> for a user or group; user/group denials can only be inside context="default" or context="mandatory" policies. |