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30.\"     @(#)dm.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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32.Dd May 31, 1993
33.Dt DM 8
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm dm
37.Nd dungeon master
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm ln
40.Fl s Cm dm Ar game
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42.Nm
43is a program used to regulate game playing.
44.Nm
45expects to be invoked with the name of a game that a user wishes to play.
46This is done by creating symbolic links to
47.Nm ,
48in the directory
49.Pa /usr/games
50for all of the regulated games.
51The actual binaries for these games should be placed in a
52.Dq hidden
53directory,
54.Pa /usr/games/hide ,
55that may only be accessed by the
56.Nm
57program.
58.Nm
59determines if the requested game is available and, if so, runs it.
60The file
61.Pa /etc/dm.conf
62controls the conditions under which games may be run.
63.Pp
64The file
65.Pa /etc/nogames
66may be used to
67.Dq turn off
68game playing.
69If the file exists, no game playing is allowed; the contents of the file
70will be displayed to any user requesting a game.
71.Sh FILES
72.Bl -tag -width /var/log/games.log -compact
73.It Pa /etc/dm.conf
74configuration file
75.It Pa /etc/nogames
76turns off game playing
77.It Pa /usr/games/hide
78directory of ``real'' binaries
79.It Pa /var/log/games.log
80game logging file
81.El
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr dm.conf 5
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87command appeared in
88.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
89.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
90Two issues result from
91.Nm
92running the games setgid
93.Dq games .
94First, all games that allow users to run
95.Ux
96commands should carefully
97set both the real and effective group ids immediately before executing
98those commands.
99Probably more important is that
100.Nm
101never be setgid anything but
102.Dq games
103so that compromising a game will result only in
104the user's ability to play games at will.
105Secondly, games which previously had no reason to run setgid and which
106accessed user files may have to be modified.
107