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Eric wrote:
> The logic is can I access this file in some other way besides through
> /proc.
> 
> When applied to /proc/<pid>/exe
> When applied to /proc/<pid>/root
> When applied to /proc/<pid>/cwd

I can't make sense of the above.  Could you elaborate?

And explain how any of these permission checks fail for
a root shell?

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