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NAME top

   /proc/pid/personality - execution domain

DESCRIPTION top

   _/proc/_pid_/personality_ (since Linux 2.6.28)
          This read-only file exposes the process's execution domain,
          as set by [personality(2)](../man2/personality.2.html).  The value is displayed in
          hexadecimal notation.

          Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace
          access mode **PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS** check; see
          [ptrace(2)](../man2/ptrace.2.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [proc(5)](../man5/proc.5.html)

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