From: Eugene Syromiatnikov Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 07:43:07 +0000 (+0200) Subject: doc/man7/openssl-env: reword the description X-Git-Tag: openssl-3.6.0-alpha1~372 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=707f6124160fb1b60220509f46cdd0aec59ff95d;p=thirdparty%2Fopenssl.git doc/man7/openssl-env: reword the description The manual page describes not only environment variables that pertain the library, but some of the applications as well (OPENSSL, OPENSSL_CONFIG, and TSGET are possible examples). Also, the effect of the variables is not limited to the changes in default paths. Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov Reviewed-by: Neil Horman Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz Reviewed-by: Dmitry Belyavskiy (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/28025) --- diff --git a/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod b/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod index bf2cf555c7d..bbdb33c3313 100644 --- a/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod +++ b/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ openssl-env - OpenSSL environment variables =head1 DESCRIPTION -The OpenSSL libraries use environment variables to override the -compiled-in default paths for various data. +The OpenSSL libraries and commands use environment variables to override +compiled-in defaults for various aspects of their behaviour. To avoid security risks, the environment is not consulted for security-sensitive environment variables when the executable is set-user-ID or set-group-ID.