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34.\"     @(#)dm.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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36.Dd May 31, 1993
37.Dt DM 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm dm
41.Nd dungeon master
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm ln
44.Fl s Cm dm Ar game
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm
47is a program used to regulate game playing.
48.Nm
49expects to be invoked with the name of a game that a user wishes to play.
50This is done by creating symbolic links to
51.Nm "" ,
52in the directory
53.Pa /usr/games
54for all of the regulated games.
55The actual binaries for these games should be placed in a
56.Dq hidden
57directory,
58.Pa /usr/games/hide ,
59that may only be accessed by the
60.Nm
61program.
62.Nm
63determines if the requested game is available and, if so, runs it.
64The file
65.Pa /etc/dm.conf
66controls the conditions under which games may
67be run.
68.Pp
69The file
70.Pa /etc/nogames
71may be used to
72.Dq turn off
73game playing.
74If the file exists, no game playing is allowed; the contents of the file
75will be displayed to any user requesting a game.
76.Sh FILES
77.Bl -tag -width /var/log/games.log -compact
78.It Pa /etc/dm.conf
79configuration file
80.It Pa /etc/nogames
81turns off game playing
82.It Pa /usr/games/hide
83directory of ``real'' binaries
84.It Pa /var/log/games.log
85game logging file
86.El
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr dm.conf 5
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92command appeared in
93.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
94.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
95Two issues result from
96.Nm
97running the games setgid
98.Dq games .
99First, all games that allow users to run
100.Ux
101commands should carefully
102set both the real and effective group id's immediately before executing
103those commands.
104Probably more important is that
105.Nm
106never be setgid anything but
107.Dq games
108so that compromising a game will result only in
109the user's ability to play games at will.
110Secondly, games which previously had no reason to run setgid and which
111accessed user files may have to be modified.
112