From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 16 14:18:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5268016A41F; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:18:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E6343D79; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:18:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.3/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j8GEItsj033121; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:18:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) In-Reply-To: <200509161119.j8GBJcS0080866@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200509161119.j8GBJcS0080866@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stefan Bethke Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:19:09 +0200 To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libutil pidfile.3 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:18:59 -0000 Am 16.09.2005 um 13:19 schrieb Pawel Jakub Dawidek: > pjd 2005-09-16 11:19:38 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > lib/libutil pidfile.3 > Log: > Pidfiles should be created with permission preventing users from > opening > them for reading. When user can open file for reading, he can also > flock(2) it, which can lead to confusions. This means that a monitoring tool would need to run with elevated privileges to determine the PID of the process to monitor, correct? Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Fon +49 170 346 0140