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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2009-01-24 15:31:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2009-01-24 15:31:18 +0000 |
| commit | 7d011649007b053ba8766a46c1855d67b4c12ee0 (patch) | |
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* pathnames.sgml: Add requirement for world-readability of special
/etc files.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 75d6ae1..4730937 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2009-01-24 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * pathnames.sgml: Add requirement for world-readability of special + /etc files. + +2009-01-24 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * pathnames.sgml: Add section about accessing /etc files. 2009-01-21 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 845c4fb..7720ec8 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ when accessing the above files so all these files as well as <filename>/etc</filename> itself may be NTFS symlinks or reparse points.</para> +<para>Last but not least, make sure that these files are world-readable. +Every process of any user account has to read these files potentially, +so world-readability is essential. The only exception are the user +specific files <filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename>, which only have +to be readable by the $USER user account itself.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="pathnames-dosdevices"><title>DOS devices</title> |