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Date:      Wed, 24 Nov 1999 15:02:52 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ps on 4.0-current 
Message-ID:  <19991124070252.96DAD1C6D@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>  of "Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:28:13 EST." <19991123222813.A12570@netmonger.net> 

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Christopher Masto wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 12:54:15AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > I'm personally leaning towards the opinion that the argv is public
> > property and should be visible, but then again, I can see the point
> > in hiding it in some circumstances.
> > 
> > I'll stick a sysctl in there which defaults to the "open" position
> > and people who need to hide it can set it to "close" to do so.
> 
> Please.  Thank you.
> 
> Not everyone wears the sysadmin hat with the face shield and gas mask,
> as much as it may currently be in style.  If it can work both ways,
> even better.

Definately!  This is NOT AN ACCEPTABLE CHANGE BY DEFAULT!

Cheers,
-Peter



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