ls -l /proc/1/exe -> Permission denied

From: Joakim Tjernlund
Date: Thu Jul 17 2014 - 07:29:27 EST


Trying to real /proc/<pid>/exe I noticed I could not read links not
belonging to my user such as:
jocke > ls -l /proc/1/exe
ls: cannot read symbolic link /proc/1/exe: Permission denied

Is this expected?

uname -a
Linux gentoo-jocke 3.12.21
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