Re: Request for discussion.

[karl () bagpuss demon co uk (Karl Strickland)]

> > 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?

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