From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 27 21:31:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AAD837B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:31:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crypton.pl (ns.crypton.pl [195.216.109.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A05243E6E for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:31:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mailman@mail.crypton.pl) Received: (qmail 75516 invoked by uid 1017); 28 Sep 2002 04:31:52 -0000 Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 06:31:52 +0200 From: Nomad To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.ps_showallprocs and procfs Message-ID: <20020928043152.GA75495@killer.crypton.pl> References: <20020927113200.GB71234@killer.crypton.pl> <20020927124625.M76190@babayaga.neotext.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020927124625.M76190@babayaga.neotext.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well, if we tend to regard procfs as debugging tool only then maybe it shouldn't be mounted by default on initial instalation ? Anyway in Solaris it works without giving information of other's processes and still can be good debugging tool for root. Antique debate: hehe, maybe, but we waiting for 4.7 RELEASE and can do something with that in easy way (not mounted by default) without spend m Well: not 'we' because I am not developer of Free, but it can be done... I just don't like when my fried whose using OpenBSD and don't have procfs on default laugh at me :( On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:46:25AM -0600, Duncan Patton a Campbell is Dhu wrote: > I tend to regard procfs as something of a debugging tool. If > you limit > it as is probably necessary to do what you suggest, its value as > a tool > becomes degraded. > -- Nomad [%% When you dance with the devil %%] [%% the devil don't change. %%] [%% The devil changes you. %%] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message