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authorBernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>2018-04-04 14:45:49 +0200
committerBernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>2018-04-04 14:45:49 +0200
commit284f4f6b70998b2b46dc74c3003c82cb1db0e742 (patch)
treeb5bf90f6a5a1803c699f182fb756d52e2c0d450a /doc/man5
parentdc55e4f70f401c5869410d6a0c068c18c3fd53ec (diff)
Don't use getenv for critical functions when run as setuid/setgid
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5856)
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diff --git a/doc/man5/config.pod b/doc/man5/config.pod
index ef8e10ef1b..09d72be2fd 100644
--- a/doc/man5/config.pod
+++ b/doc/man5/config.pod
@@ -384,6 +384,22 @@ will output:
showing that the OID "newoid1" has been added as "1.2.3.4.1".
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<OPENSSL_CONF>
+
+The path to the config file.
+Ignored in set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
+
+=item B<OPENSSL_ENGINES>
+
+The path to the engines directory.
+Ignored in set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
+
+=back
+
=head1 BUGS
Currently there is no way to include characters using the octal B<\nnn>