In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sheldon Hearn writes:
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>On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:19:52 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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>> > Why don't we get rid of the 'e' option to ps while we are at it
>> > considering how much of a security hole it is.
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>> Hmm, well, I like to have it around for root at least...
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>Exactly.
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>In a perfect world, the -e option will only allow inspection of the
>environment of processes for which the owner of the ps process has
>sufficient priveledge.
Yes that makes sense, because if all comes to all they could attach
a debugger and find it that way anyway.
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