Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 23:59:07 +0200 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r41839 - projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics Message-ID: <CAF6rxg==Ad3VnC4Xm5L7-YLTZzR1DQteGH79P%2Bjv3rzqw7kJqQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201306042142.r54Lg8g8085573@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201306042142.r54Lg8g8085573@svn.freebsd.org>
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On 4 June 2013 23:42, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> wrote: > Author: trhodes > Date: Tue Jun 4 21:42:07 2013 > New Revision: 41839 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41839 > > Log: > Reword the noexec option on this version of the basics > chapter. > > Modified: > projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml > > Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Tue Jun 4 20:42:37 2013 (r41838) > +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Tue Jun 4 21:42:07 2013 (r41839) > @@ -1800,7 +1800,9 @@ root 5211 0.0 0.2 3620 1724 2 > > <listitem> > <para>Do not allow execution of binaries on this file > - system. This is also a useful security option.</para> > + system. This option should not be the only security > + control placed on a file system as scripts written in > + any language may still execute.</para> I would remove the language "the only security control" as this implies that 'noexec' has a non-zero security value. Perhaps "Do not allow execution of binaries on this file system. This helps reduce annoyance to the user when storing binaries of non-native architectures" or the like. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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