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diff --git a/docs/getting_started/permissions.md b/docs/getting_started/permissions.md index a3d0a9ea0..867658170 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started/permissions.md +++ b/docs/getting_started/permissions.md @@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ ### Permissions whitelist -Deno also provides permissions whitelist. +Deno also allows you to control the granularity of permissions with whitelists. -This is an example to restrict file system access by whitelist. +This example restricts file system access by whitelisting only the `/usr` +directory: ```shell $ deno run --allow-read=/usr https://deno.land/std/examples/cat.ts /etc/passwd @@ -18,15 +19,15 @@ error: Uncaught PermissionDenied: read access to "/etc/passwd", run again with t ... ``` -You can grant read permission under `/etc` dir +Try it out again with the correct permissions by whitelisting `/etc` instead: ```shell $ deno run --allow-read=/etc https://deno.land/std/examples/cat.ts /etc/passwd ``` -`--allow-write` works same as `--allow-read`. +`--allow-write` works the same as `--allow-read`. -This is an example to restrict host. +This example restricts network access by whitelisting the allowed hosts: ```ts const result = await fetch("https://deno.land/"); |