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authorBernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>2018-04-04 14:45:49 +0200
committerBernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>2018-04-04 14:45:49 +0200
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Don't use getenv for critical functions when run as setuid/setgid
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5856)
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@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ application calls OPENSSL_config() it doesn't need to know or care about
ENGINE control operations because they can be performed by editing a
configuration file.
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<OPENSSL_CONF>
+
+The path to the config file.
+Ignored in set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
+
+=back
+
=head1 RETURN VALUES
Neither OPENSSL_config() nor OPENSSL_no_config() return a value.