[937] in bugtraq
Re: Request for discussion.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aleph One)
Wed Feb 8 03:27:42 1995
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 00:40:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net>
To: Karl Strickland <karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Timothy Newsham <newsham@aloha.net>, bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <199502072148.VAA15318@bagpuss.demon.co.uk>
On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Karl Strickland wrote:
> > ps can already run without priveledges. mount -t procfs /dev/kmem /proc
> >
> > Assuming you use a "Real OS(tm)" ;-)
>
> On what OS? Isnt it the case that ps's on these /proc systems often need
> to run setuid root, so that than can ioctl(2) everyone's processes?
>
For an example of a non setuid ps and a great proc filesystem take a look
at the Linux implementaion of the two.
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