Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:14:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: Henry Miller <hank@black-hole.com> Cc: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limit 'ps' to show only user's processes Message-ID: <199809180514.AAA03486@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980917235225.357C-100000@daphne.bogus> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980917235225.357C-100000@daphne.bogus>
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>>> Several people have been asking for this "feature" from time to time, >>> namely that they could set a system variable (sysctl?) to limit 'ps' to >>> show not all processes, but only user's processes for euid!=0. >>> Would you consider this something worth implementing? >> This belongs as a switch to ps, not as a sysctl variable. > Maybe I don't understand how you propose to add it, but consider the > following: Sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly there. I was thinking that this was an ease-of-use feature you were proposing, not a security feature. I go off to sacrifice a few lung cells to the Gods of Security now. (Does anybody know who the closest Greco-Roman equivilent to a God of Security would be? Followups on this to -chat, cc'd to me please.) Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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