X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/fc2171bd4c660b8554dae2a1cbf34ff09f3032a6..9804d5404a9607cda3d08ec8225f52f78b78bc72:/docs/latex/wx/snglinst.tex?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/snglinst.tex b/docs/latex/wx/snglinst.tex
index bc35b39674..296a9314ee 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/snglinst.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/snglinst.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %% Created:     08.06.01
 %% RCS-ID:      $Id$
 %% Copyright:   (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin
-%% License:     wxWidgets license
+%% License:     wxWindows license
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \section{\class{wxSingleInstanceChecker}}\label{wxsingleinstancechecker}
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ instance is running - use
 \helpref{IsAnotherRunning()}{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning} to check
 for it.
 
+\wxheading{Note}
+
+One of possible reasons while Create may fail on Unix is that the lock file
+used for checking already exists but was not created by the user.
+Therefore applications shouldn't treat failure of this function as fatal
+condition, because doing so would open them to the possibility of a Denial of
+Service attack. Instead, they should alert the user about the problem and
+offer to continue execution without checking if another instance is running.
+
 \membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::IsAnotherRunning}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning}
 
 \constfunc{bool}{IsAnotherRunning}{\void}