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Commit: 4eb7d1565e026303600c94470c3dc390053df555
Parent: e8a6b340d5bff376cf78adeef41d17bbfec3d103
Author: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Mon Oct 26 17:55:53 2020 +0000
Committer: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Mon Oct 26 17:55:53 2020 +0000
Docs: another detaint mention
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doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index c865e11..1199a56 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ 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,
