Thanks, Marko. Applied. Cheers, Michael On 05/13/2015 11:50 AM, Marko Myllynen wrote: > > --- > man5/proc.5 | 6 +++--- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 > index d0a7629..c3996eb 100644 > --- a/man5/proc.5 > +++ b/man5/proc.5 > @@ -93,15 +93,15 @@ directories but their own (the > .IR /proc/[pid] > directories themselves remain visible). > Sensitive files such as > -.IR /proc/[pid]cmdline > +.IR /proc/[pid]/cmdline > and > -.IR /proc/[pid]status > +.IR /proc/[pid]/status > are now protected against other users. > This makes it impossible to learn whether any user is running a > specific program > (so long as the program doesn't otherwise reveal itself by its behavior). > .\" As an additional bonus, since > -.\" .IR /proc/[pid]cmdline > +.\" .IR /proc/[pid]/cmdline > .\" is unaccessible for other users, > .\" poorly written programs passing sensitive information via > .\" program arguments are now protected against local eavesdroppers. > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
