Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ls -l /proc/1/exe -> Permission denied | From | Joakim Tjernlund <> | Date | Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:02:48 +0200 |
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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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