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authorMatthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.de>2024-01-02 13:47:11 +0100
committerDmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>2024-01-03 10:50:38 +0000
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pam_namespace: document that the namespace.init script runs as root
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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">