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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:48:32 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ps -e
Message-ID:  <199911152248.dAFMmaQ18726@orthanc.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:18:24 PST." <199911152218.OAA45512@apollo.backplane.com> 

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>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes:

    Matthew>     Why don't we get rid of the 'e' option to ps while we
    Matthew> are at it considering how much of a security hole it is.

I wouldn't nuke it completely. Make -e a noop unless the real uid ps
is running with matches the effective uid of the process being reported.
And if ps is invoked with a real uid of 0, -e works as it does now.

--lyndon


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