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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2020-10-26 17:55:53 +0000
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2020-10-26 17:55:53 +0000
commit4eb7d1565e026303600c94470c3dc390053df555 (patch)
tree9138ae397df66b7837e1b68f468ec1885e219e6c
parente8a6b340d5bff376cf78adeef41d17bbfec3d103 (diff)
Docs: another detaint mention
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index c865e111b..1199a563d 100644
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+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -18810,7 +18810,10 @@ address (with affixes removed if relevant) is the name of an account on the
local system. The check is done by calling the &[getpwnam()]& function rather
than trying to read &_/etc/passwd_& directly. This means that other methods of
holding password data (such as NIS) are supported. If the local part is a local
-user, &$home$& is set from the password data, and can be tested in other
+user,
+.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+&$local_part_data$& is set to an untainted version of the local part and
+&$home$& is set from the password data. The latter can be tested in other
preconditions that are evaluated after this one (the order of evaluation is
given in section &<<SECTrouprecon>>&). However, the value of &$home$& can be
overridden by &%router_home_directory%&. If the local part is not a local user,