Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:02:13 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Midnight Oil <jamie@gnulife.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permissions on ps Message-ID: <20050607050213.GA82926@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050606234735.D21034@floyd.gnulife.org> References: <20050606234735.D21034@floyd.gnulife.org>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 11:51:35PM -0500, Midnight Oil wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > I'm having difficulty understanding just how it is a regular > with simple priviliges is able to run ps. >=20 >=20 > ps accesses /dev/kmem to get a process list. No, it uses sysctl. Kris --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCpSpUWry0BWjoQKURArAuAJ9OoUQe3KEHO7Ax3Q+gMtMocs5nEACgh3Dp 3PQ2Kg+XE7uKLnscIGKE38s= =tmSM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--
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