[3.14] gh-94632: document the subprocess need for extra_groups=() with user= (GH...

gh-94632: document the subprocess need for extra_groups=() with user= (GH-148129)
(cherry picked from commit a1cf4430ed89ec702528ef074138c407ccf89946)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 82e41bff87976d02cfdc490ce9070a10225c9ea7..66a3d6a484a8a8f358c208eb3045dcb4c5b34d86 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -630,6 +630,12 @@ functions.
    the value in ``pw_uid`` will be used. If the value is an integer, it will
    be passed verbatim. (POSIX only)
 
+   .. note::
+
+      Specifying *user* will not drop existing supplementary group memberships!
+      The caller must also pass ``extra_groups=()`` to reduce the group membership
+      of the child process for security purposes.
+
    .. availability:: POSIX
    .. versionadded:: 3.9