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  2. RHEL-40858

[RHEL9][man page][s390x] Update qemu man page for the usage of runas

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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      The usage of '-runas' in man page is not clear enough

      Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

      qemu-kvm-9.0.0-2.el9.s390x

      How reproducible:

      100%

      Steps to reproduce

      1.  check the usage of -runas in man page
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      Expected results

      -runas user
                    Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching to the specified user.

                    Effectivly uses the setuid  system call to switch to another user id

      Actual results

      -runas user
                    Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching to the specified user.

              bfu@redhat.com Leo Fu
              bfu@redhat.com Leo Fu
              IBM Confidential Group
              Leo Fu Leo Fu
              Leo Fu Leo Fu
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