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.
>> 
>> 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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Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
[EMAIL PROTECTED]               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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