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-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ad6521ef5e..694fa37f28 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -5024,8 +5024,11 @@ SRST
in combination with -runas.
``user=username`` or ``user=uid:gid`` can be used to drop root privileges
- by switching to the specified user (via username) or user and group
- (via uid:gid) immediately before starting guest execution.
+ before starting guest execution. QEMU will use the ``setuid`` and ``setgid``
+ system calls to switch to the specified identity. Note that the
+ ``user=username`` syntax will also apply the full set of supplementary
+ groups for the user, whereas the ``user=uid:gid`` will use only the
+ ``gid`` group.
ERST
#endif