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diff --git a/Doc/library/netrc.rst b/Doc/library/netrc.rst index f6260383b2b..74c97e8c9a9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/netrc.rst +++ b/Doc/library/netrc.rst @@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ the Unix :program:`ftp` program and other FTP clients. a :exc:`FileNotFoundError` exception will be raised. Parse errors will raise :exc:`NetrcParseError` with diagnostic information including the file name, line number, and terminating token. + If no argument is specified on a POSIX system, the presence of passwords in the :file:`.netrc` file will raise a :exc:`NetrcParseError` if the file ownership or permissions are insecure (owned by a user other than the user running the process, or accessible for read or write by any other user). This implements security behavior equivalent to that of ftp and other - programs that use :file:`.netrc`. + programs that use :file:`.netrc`. Such security checks are not available + on platforms that do not support :func:`os.getuid`. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Added the POSIX permission check. |