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chum(8)                                  BSD System Manager's Manual                                 chum(8)

NAME
     chum, -- CHUD helper daemon for provided authorized users access to privileged kernel interfaces.

SYNOPSIS
     chum, [-fhuv]

DESCRIPTION
     chum, is use by CHUD to allow authorized users a mechanism to call privileged kernel interfaces such as
     accessing CPU special purpose register, PCI configuration space, I/O space, and physical memory.
     Options:

     -f       Runs chum in the foreground (default: background)

     -h       Displays usage information

     -u       Allows chum to be run as non-root (default: require root)

     -v       Turns on verbose output

BSD                                           October 15, 2009                                           BSD

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