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-.Dd July 4, 2018
+.Dd February 14, 2022
 .Dt VERIEXEC 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm veriexec
 .Nd manipulate state of mac_veriexec
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl v
 .Op Fl C Ar directory
 .Pa manifest
 .Nm
 .Fl z Ar state
 .Nm
 .Fl i Ar state
 .Nm
 .Fl x
 .Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 is a utility to query or manipulate the state of
 .Xr mac_veriexec 4 .
 .Pp
 The first form is for loading a
 .Pa manifest .
 .Nm
 first verifies a digital signature of the
 .Ar manifest
 and if successful, parses it and feeds its content to kernel.
 .Pp
 The second form with
 .Fl z
 is used to modify the
 .Ar state ,
 and with
 .Fl i
 to query the current
 .Ar state .
 .Pp
 The final form with
 .Fl x
 is used to test whether
 .Ar file
 is verified or not.
 This requires
 .Xr mac_veriexec 4
 to be in the
 .Ql active
 or
 .Ql enforce
 state.
 .Pp
 The possible states
 are:
 .Bl -tag -width enforce
 .It Ar loaded
 set automatically when first
 .Pa manifest
 has been loaded.
 .It Ar active
 .Xr mac_veriexec 4
 will begin checking files.
 This state can only be entered from the
 .Ar loaded
 state.
 .It Ar enforce
 .Xr mac_veriexec 4
 will fail attempts to
 .Xr exec 2
 or
 .Xr open 2
 files with
 .Dv O_VERIFY
 unless verified.
 .It Ar locked
 prevent loading of any more manifests.
 .El
+.Pp
+When setting or querying the state, it is sufficient to provide
+a unique prefix of the desired state.
+So
+.Fl i
+.Ar a
+or
+.Fl z
+.Ar e
+are sufficient, but
+.Fl i
+.Ar loc
+is the minimum required to avoid confusion with
+.Ar loaded .
 .Sh MANIFESTS
 The manifest contains a mapping of relative pathnames to fingerprints
 with optional flags.
 For example:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 sbin/veriexec sha256=f22136...c0ff71 no_ptrace
 usr/bin/python sha256=5944d9...876525 indirect
 sbin/somedaemon sha256=77fc2f...63f5687 label=mod1/val1,mod2/val2
 .Ed
 The supported flags are:
 .Bl -tag -width indirect
 .It Ql indirect
 the executable cannot be run directly,
 but can be used as an interpreter for example via:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 #!/usr/bin/python
 .Ed
 .It Ql no_ptrace
 do not allow running executable under a debugger.
 Useful for any application critical to the security state of system.
 .El
 .Pp
 The
 .Ql label
 argument allows associating a
 .Xr maclabel 7
 with the executable.
 Neither
 .Nm
 nor
 .Xr mac_veriexec 4
 (if it supports labels)
 pay any attention to the content of the label
 they are provided for the use of other
 .Xr mac 4
 modules.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The Verified Exec system first appeared in
 .Nx .
 This utility derrives from the one found in Junos.
 The key difference is the requirement that manifest files
 be digitally signed.