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NEWTASK(1)							    NEWTASK(1)

NAME
       newtask - create new task and optionally change project

SYNOPSIS
       newtask [-p project] [-v] [-c pid | [-Fl] [command...]]

DESCRIPTION
       The  newtask  command  executes the user's default shell or a specified
       command, placing the executed command in a new task owned by the speci‐
       fied  project.  The  user's  default  shell is the one specified in the
       passwd database, and is determined using getpwnam().

       Alternatively, newtask can be used to cause an already running  process
       to  enter  a newly created task. A project for the new task can also be
       specified in this form of the command. This might be desirable for pro‐
       cesses  that  are  mission critical and cannot be restarted in order to
       put them into a new project.

       In the case that extended accounting is active, the newtask command can
       additionally cause the creation of a task accounting record marking the
       completion of the preceding system task.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -c pid
		 Cause a running process to enter  a  newly  created  task.  A
		 project  for  the new task can also be specified using the -p
		 option. The invoking user must either own the process or have
		 super-user privileges.

		 If  the project is being changed, the process owner must be a
		 member of the specified project, or the  invoking  user  must
		 have super-user privileges. When the project is changed for a
		 running process, its pool binding as well  as	resource  con‐
		 trols	are  modified  to  match  the configuration of the new
		 project.  Controls not explicitly specified  in  the  project
		 entry is preserved.

		 This option is incompatible with the -F and -l options.

       -F
		 Creates  a  finalized	task,  within which further newtask or
		 settaskid(2) invocations would fail. Finalized tasks  can  be
		 useful	 at  some  sites  for  simplifying  the attribution of
		 resource consumption.

       -l
		 Changes the environment to what would be expected if the user
		 actually logged in again as a member of the new project.

       -p
		 Changes  the  project	ID  of the new task to that associated
		 with the given project name. The  invoking  user  must	 be  a
		 valid	member	of  the requested project, or must have super-
		 user privileges, for the command to succeed.  If  no  project
		 name  is  specified,  the new task is started in the invoking
		 user's current project.

       -v
		 Verbose: displays the system task id as the new  system  task
		 is begun.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       project
		  The  project	to  which  resource  usage by the created task
		  should be charged. The requested project must be defined  in
		  the project databases defined in nsswitch.conf(4).

       command
		  The command to be executed as the new task. If no command is
		  given, the user's login shell	 is  invoked.  (If  the	 login
		  shell is not available, /bin/sh is invoked.)

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Creating a New Shell

       The  following  example creates a new shell in the canada project, dis‐
       playing the task id:

	 example$ id -p
	 uid=565(gh) gid=10(staff) projid=10(default)
	 example$ newtask -v -p canada
	 38
	 example$ id -p
	 uid=565(gh) gid=10(staff) projid=82(canada)

       Example 2 Running the date Command

       The following example runs the date command in the russia project:

	 example$ newtask -p russia date
	 Tue Aug 31 11:12:10 PDT 1999

       Example 3 Changing the Project of an Existing Process

       The following example changes the project of the existing process  with
       a pid of 9999 to russia:

	 example$ newtask -c 9999 -p russia

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0
	    Successful execution.

       1
	    A fatal error occurred during execution.

       2
	    Invalid command line options were specified.

FILES
       /etc/project
		       Local database containing valid project definitions for
		       this machine.

       /proc/pid/*
		       Process information and control files.

SEE ALSO
       proc(1), id(1M),	 poolbind(1M),	execvp(2),  setrctl(2),	 settaskid(2),
       setproject(3PROJECT),	 nsswitch.conf(4),     proc(4),	   project(4),
       attributes(5)

				 Nov 17, 2004			    NEWTASK(1)
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