Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:43:55 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Daniel Molina Wegener <dmw@unete.cl> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A few questions... Message-ID: <20070724184355.GH99491@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <200707232052.58485.dmw@unete.cl> References: <200707232052.58485.dmw@unete.cl>
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Daniel Molina Wegener wrote this message on Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 20:52 -0400:
> a) Is there any function or variable that tells me which is the
> root user UID in the system, or root always have 0 and it's
> an "elegant" option to compare the variables or structure
> members against zero.
#include <sys/conf.h>
uid == UID_ROOT
> b) Can normal users look for system processes or kernel threads?
Yes, ps does this...
> c) Can root look for system processes or kernel threads?
Yes, ps does this...
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