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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: lsof 3.25 now available for fbsd 2.0
To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 08:51:57 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <9504052316.AA99715@slate.Mines.Colorado.EDU> from "Ade Barkah" at Apr 5, 95 05:16:22 pm
Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
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As Ade Barkah wrote:
> 
> 
> ... The
> version uploaded was compiled with -DHASSECURITY which restricts
> non-priviledged users from listing other people's open files.

Does this make sense?  I'm perfectly able to look at any open file
with fstat(1).  So why restrict lsof to less than fstat can do?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)