References to Docker Engine daemon(!) AppArmor Profile are misleading/incorrect and point to Docker CLI(!) AppArmor Profile

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docker, linux

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Open engine/security/apparmor.md and review the two quoted paragraphs, then compare their paths and roles with contrib/apparmor and the referenced /etc/systemd/system/docker.service. Correct the CLI-versus-daemon wording and links so the documentation accurately identifies /usr/bin/docker and /usr/bin/dockerd.

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area/engine lifecycle/frozen

File: engine/security/apparmor.md

A profile for the Docker Engine daemon exists but it is not currently installed with the deb packages. If you are interested in the source for the daemon profile, it is located in contrib/apparmor in the Docker Engine source repository.

This paragraph is incorrect: the apparmor profile linked to in contrib/apparmor defines a profile for /usr/bin/docker, which is the Docker CLI client. This is not the Docker engine daemon. Moreover, the repo directory linked to does not define any profile for /usr/bin/dockerd, the Docker engine daemon.

Advanced users and package managers can find a profile for /usr/bin/docker (Docker Engine Daemon) underneath contrib/apparmor in the Docker Engine source repository.

This paragraph is incorrect: /usr/bin/docker is not the Docker engine daemon, it is the CLI client. The Docker engine daemon is /usr/bin/dockerd, as can be seen, for instance, from /etc/systemd/system/docker.service and many other places.

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