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= setarch(8)
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== NAME

setarch - change reported architecture in new program environment and/or set personality flags

== SYNOPSIS

*setarch* [_arch_] [options] [_program_ [_argument_...]]

_arch_ [options] [_program_ [_argument_...]]

== DESCRIPTION

*setarch* modifies the execution domain and process personality flags.

The execution domain currently only affects the output of *uname -m*.
For example, on an AMD64 system, running *setarch i386* _program_ will
cause _program_ to see *i686* instead of *x86_64* as the machine type.
The default _program_ is */bin/sh*.

Since version 2.33, the _arch_ command-line argument is optional
and *setarch* may be used to change personality flags (ADDR_LIMIT_3GB,
SHORT_INODE, etc) without modification of the execution domain.

== OPTIONS

*--list*::
List the architectures that *setarch* knows about. Whether *setarch* can actually set each of these architectures depends on the running kernel.

*--show*[**=**_personality_]::
Show the currently active personality and flags.
If the _personality_ argument is provided, that personality is shown instead of the current one.
_personality_ is a hexadecimal number whose possible values are described in *sys/personality.h*.

*-p*, **--pid=**_pid_::
When used with *--show*, show the personality and flags of the specified process.

*--uname-2.6*::
Causes the specified _program_ to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6. Turns on *UNAME26*.

*-v*, *--verbose*::
Be verbose.

*-3*, *--3gb*::
The specified _program_ should use a maximum of 3GB of address space. Supported on x86. Turns on *ADDR_LIMIT_3GB*.

*--4gb*::
This option has no effect. It is retained for backward compatibility only, and may be removed in future releases.

*-B*, *--32bit*::
Limit the address space to 32 bits to emulate hardware. Supported on ARM and Alpha. Turns on *ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT*.

*-F*, *--fdpic-funcptrs*::
Treat user-space function pointers to signal handlers as pointers to address descriptors. This option has no effect on architectures that do not support *FDPIC* ELF binaries. In kernel v4.14 support is limited to ARM, Blackfin, Fujitsu FR-V, and SuperH CPU architectures.

*-I*, *--short-inode*::
Obsolete bug emulation flag. Turns on *SHORT_INODE*.

*-L*, *--addr-compat-layout*::
Provide legacy virtual address space layout. Use when the _program_ binary does not have *PT_GNU_STACK* ELF header. Turns on *ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT*.

*-R*, *--addr-no-randomize*::
Disables randomization of the virtual address space. Turns on *ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE*.

*-S*, *--whole-seconds*::
Obsolete bug emulation flag. Turns on *WHOLE_SECONDS*.

*-T*, *--sticky-timeouts*::
This makes *select*(2), *pselect*(2), and *ppoll*(2) system calls preserve the timeout value instead of modifying it to reflect the amount of time not slept when interrupted by a signal handler. Use when _program_ depends on this behavior. For more details see the timeout description in *select*(2) manual page. Turns on *STICKY_TIMEOUTS*.

*-X*, *--read-implies-exec*::
If this is set then *mmap*(2) *PROT_READ* will also add the *PROT_EXEC* bit - as expected by legacy x86 binaries. Notice that the ELF loader will automatically set this bit when it encounters a legacy binary. Turns on *READ_IMPLIES_EXEC*.

*-Z*, *--mmap-page-zero*::
SVr4 bug emulation that will set *mmap*(2) page zero as read-only. Use when _program_ depends on this behavior, and the source code is not available to be fixed. Turns on *MMAP_PAGE_ZERO*.

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== EXAMPLES

....
setarch --addr-no-randomize mytestprog
setarch ppc32 rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild foo.src.rpm
setarch ppc32 -vL3 rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild bar.src.rpm
setarch ppc32 --32bit rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild foo.src.rpm
setarch --show
setarch --show=$(cat /proc/9284/personality)
setarch --show --pid 9284
....

== AUTHORS

mailto:sopwith@redhat.com[Elliot Lee],
mailto:jnovy@redhat.com[Jindrich Novy],
mailto:kzak@redhat.com[Karel Zak]

== SEE ALSO

*personality*(2),
*select*(2)
*proc_pid_personality(5)

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