"Remco B. Brink" wrote: > > Hi, > > during a lively discussion in some Norwegian newsgroups the issue was > raised of increasing security on a Linux server by not allowing users > to view process listings. > > Suggestions like restricting access to /proc were named, but there > were few suggestions on how to properly implement this. >
have you looked at the openwall patches for linux http://www.openwall.com/linux/ proc security is right in there if I was to run a shell server for the public ( shudder ) I would put this straight on I have found the openwall patches to do exactly what they say on the tin Q -- ##################### Quentyn Taylor Sysadmin - Fotango ##################### Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare.