From: Igor Pirnovar <lists@...>
Date: 2012-10-29T04:50:02+09:00
Subject: Re: File.readable? and /proc

Jeff Moore wrote in post #1081705:

> root@nail:/projects/proc_fs# irb
>
> irb(main):001:0> File.readable? '/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register'
> => true
>
> !?!?!?

You are loggeg in as 'root'! Ruby is obviously aware of your superuser
privileges. Run irb as regular user and, you'll see false!

Cheers, igor

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