allowing untrusted users to execute commands with elevated privileges.</para>
<para>This option takes a boolean argument. When set to true, the "secure mode" of the pager is
- enabled. In "secure mode", <option>LESSSECURE=1</option> will be set when invoking the pager, which
- instructs the pager to disable commands that open or create new files or start new subprocesses.
+ enabled. In "secure mode", <option>LESSSECURE=1</option> and <option>PAGERSECURE=1</option> will be set
+ when invoking the pager, which instructs the pager to disable commands that open or create new files or
+ start new subprocesses.
Currently only <citerefentry
- project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> is known
- to understand this variable and implement "secure mode".</para>
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>more</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> are known
+ to understand these variables, respectively, and implement "secure mode".</para>
<para>When set to false, no limitation is placed on the pager. Setting
<varname>SYSTEMD_PAGERSECURE=0</varname> or not removing it from the inherited environment may allow