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.TH NEWNS 2 .SH NAME Newns: newns, newuser \- build a new name space from a description file .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "newns.m"; ns := load Newns Newns->PATH; newns: fn(user: string, nsfile: string): string; newuser: fn(user: string, cap: string, nsfile: string): string; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Newns reads file .I nsfile and builds a new name space based on the commands it contains. The file has the format defined by .IR namespace (6). If .I nsfile is .B nil or empty, then .B newns attempts to read file the file .BR namespace . .PP .B Newuser uses a capability .I cap suitable for .IR cap (3) to change the current process's user name to .IR user , and uses .B newns and .I nsfile to build it a new name space. The capability is typically obtained via .IR factotum (4). .SH SOURCE .B /appl/lib/newns.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR sys-bind (2), .IR sys-chdir (2), .IR sys-pctl (2), .IR factotum (4), .IR namespace (6)