From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Jun  7 05:02:15 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F81416A41C
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  7 Jun 2005 05:02:15 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org
	(CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
	[69.194.102.232])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C39943D1F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  7 Jun 2005 05:02:15 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id DCD3351290; Tue,  7 Jun 2005 01:02:13 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:02:13 -0400
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Midnight Oil <jamie@gnulife.org>
Message-ID: <20050607050213.GA82926@xor.obsecurity.org>
References: <20050606234735.D21034@floyd.gnulife.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20050606234735.D21034@floyd.gnulife.org>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Permissions on ps
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:02:15 -0000


--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--