docs/164682: Handbook contains wrong information about Flash players
Glen Barber
gjb at FreeBSD.org
Wed Feb 1 04:30:15 UTC 2012
The following reply was made to PR docs/164682; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Glen Barber <gjb at FreeBSD.org>
To: Adam VandeMore <amvandemore at gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org, doc at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/164682: Handbook contains wrong information about Flash
players
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:29:38 -0500
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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 04:16:02AM +0000, Adam VandeMore wrote:
> This page contains the following section:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> The Linux=AE process file system, linprocfs(5) has to be mounted on /comp=
at/linux/proc, if one wants to play Flash animations. This can be done via =
the following command:
>=20
> # mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc
>=20
> This point can be automated at boot time with the addition of the matchin=
g line in /etc/fstab:
>=20
> linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>=20
> This information doesn't seem to be necessary as Flash plays fine without=
it mounted. If it isn't necessary, it's a potential security threat. =20
> >How-To-Repeat:
> Use flash player without linprocfs mounted.
> >Fix:
> Remove the unneeded text:
>=20
> The Linux=AE process file system, linprocfs(5) has to be mounted on /comp=
at/linux/proc, if one wants to play Flash animations. This can be done via =
the following command:
>=20
> # mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc
>=20
> This point can be automated at boot time with the addition of the matchin=
g line in /etc/fstab:
>=20
> linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0
>=20
I believe this is still true for FreeBSD 7.x, with the Flash plugin that
is available in Ports. If this is not the case, I'd be happy to adjust
this Handbook entry to match reality, or otherwise note that it is
FreeBSD 7.x-specific.
Glen
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