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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@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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