linux-kernel - Re: ls -l /proc/1/exe -> Permission denied

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:58:30 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ls -l /proc/1/exe -> Permission denied

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Joakim Tjernlund
<joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se> wrote:
> 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?

Why do you think this is unexpected?

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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