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* pathnames.sgml: Add requirement for world-readability of special

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2009-01-24 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* pathnames.sgml: Add requirement for world-readability of special
/etc files.
2009-01-24 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* pathnames.sgml: Add section about accessing /etc files.

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<filename>/etc</filename> itself may be NTFS symlinks or reparse
points.</para>
<para>Last but not least, make sure that these files are world-readable.
Every process of any user account has to read these files potentially,
so world-readability is essential. The only exception are the user
specific files <filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename>, which only have
to be readable by the $USER user account itself.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="pathnames-dosdevices"><title>DOS devices</title>