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SubjectRe: ls -l /proc/1/exe -> Permission denied
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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote on 2014/07/19 22:21:59:
>
> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> writes:
>
> > Trying to real /proc/<pid>/exe I noticed I could not read links not
> > belonging to my user such as:
> > jocke > ls -l /proc/1/exe
> > ls: cannot read symbolic link /proc/1/exe: Permission
denied
> >
> > Is this expected?
>
> Yes. This information is considered private.

I don't understand why though.
Why have exe in the fist place then?

Jocke


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