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doc: document ACL limitation for fs.access on Windows #23772
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On Windows, access-control policies (ACLs) on a directory may limit access to | ||
a file or directory. The `fs.access()` function, however, does not check the | ||
ACL and therefore may report that a path is accessible even if the ACL restricts | ||
the user from reading or writing to it. |
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Perhaps add one more sentence reminding of the "not recommended" race conditions above, and how this quirk of ACLs makes it even more important to not misuse fs.access()
in the ways described.
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Can do that in a separate PR
Landed in 6c07990 |
Fixes: #19192
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