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| author | Matthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.de> | 2024-01-02 13:47:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io> | 2024-01-03 10:50:38 +0000 |
| commit | b6eda496fd5f7a9724887b208b5d4338c474bb7b (patch) | |
| tree | 8338a82e631ab5b7d5d4c4e9aede3f26d50c8d07 | |
| parent | a3dbb75bbed62093b8acb680cab783e522f6c67f (diff) | |
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pam_namespace: document that the namespace.init script runs as root
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_namespace/namespace.conf.5.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.conf.5.xml b/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.conf.5.xml index 1141136d..5ecae3de 100644 --- a/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.conf.5.xml +++ b/modules/pam_namespace/namespace.conf.5.xml @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ executable script <filename>/etc/security/namespace.init</filename> exists, it is used to initialize the namespace every time an instance directory is set up and mounted. The script receives the polyinstantiated - directory path and the instance directory path as its arguments. + directory path and the instance directory path as its arguments. The + script is invoked with full root privileges and accessing the instance directory + in this context needs to be done with caution, as it is controlled by the unprivileged + user for which it has been created. </para> <para condition="without_vendordir"> diff --git a/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml b/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml index 598037a4..a866d2ef 100644 --- a/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml +++ b/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.8.xml @@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ and mounted on the polyinstantiated directory. The script receives the polyinstantiated directory path, the instance directory path, flag whether the instance directory was newly created (0 for no, 1 for yes), - and the user name as its arguments. + and the user name as its arguments. The script is invoked with full root + privileges and accessing the instance directory in this context needs to + be done with caution, as it is controlled by the unprivileged user for + which it has been created. </para> <para condition="with_vendordir"> |