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Date:      Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:14:02 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PATCH for testing 
Message-ID:  <45617.942743642@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:19:52 %2B0100." <23514.942733192@critter.freebsd.dk> 

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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:19:52 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> >    Why don't we get rid of the 'e' option to ps while we are at it 
> >    considering how much of a security hole it is.
> 
> Hmm, well, I like to have it around for root at least...

Exactly.

In a perfect world, the -e option will only allow inspection of the
environment of processes for which the owner of the ps process has
sufficient priveledge.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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