On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 04:39:37PM -0700, phil@bolthole.com wrote: > > I would think changing the owner/perms on the pid area of /proc should be a > relatively straightforward kernel hack. thats exactly what the openwall patch does, it lets you leave them group readable by some group (say wheel) so non-root admins can still see all processes. but really i don't see the point what does hiding this kind of information get you? sounds like security though obscurity to me. about the only argument i can see is it gives users a bit more privacy since other users can't see what stuff they are running... -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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