{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"remote-tool-serving-messages-and-mount-table-source-changed","canonical_anchor":"remote-tool-serving-messages-and-mount-table-source-changed","heading":"Remote command serving: new off-switch wording and stricter path checks","tier":"notice","area":"Remote Control","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/remote-tool-serving-messages-and-mount-table-source-changed","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Remote command serving: new off-switch wording and stricter path checks\n\nThe remote serving off switch now says no new command is accepted, and path checks reject special \/proc and \/dev\/fd links\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether commands already running are still cancelled, or which systems the new path checks apply to.\n\n**What**\n\nRemote tool serving lets a cloud session run commands on your computer. Its changes:\n\n- Off-switch wording: the emergency off-switch message now says no new command is accepted until it is turned back on. Before, it said any command a cloud session was running on this computer was cancelled.\n\n- Mount table: the list of mounted drives and folders is now read from `\/proc\/self\/mountinfo`.\n\n- Special links: paths through special links under `\/proc` and `\/dev\/fd` are rejected.\n\n- Folder aliases: aliases such as `\/bin` for `\/usr\/bin` are treated as the same place.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe off-switch now describes stopping new commands rather than cancelling running ones. The stricter path checks make it harder for a remote command to reach files through indirect routes.\n\n- Area: Remote Control\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}