Re: Request for discussion.
Stephen D. Williams (sdw@lig.net)
Wed, 8 Feb 1995 01:30:29 +0000 (GMT)
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> >
> > > Oh and dont forget the pagedaemon :-) ps could run without privileges as well
> > > if we made /dev/kmem and /dev/drum (or whatever) 644... Now theres an
> > > improvement. (Any ultrix people reading this? :-)
> >
> > ps can already run without priveledges. mount -t procfs /dev/kmem /proc
> >
> > Assuming you use a "Real OS(tm)" ;-)
>
> On what OS? Isnt it the case that ps's on these /proc systems often need
> to run setuid root, so that than can ioctl(2) everyone's processes?
Quick check:
Linux: no setuid/root needed.
OSF/1 (DEC alpha): Need setuid/root for anything.
Solaris 2.3: setuid/root needed to see other processes, but a user can see
their own. An interesting twist that I like, for some instances.
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