Re: Secure /proc permissions

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 14 May 1999 20:36:52 +0100 (BST)


On Fri, 7 May 1999, Victor STANESCU wrote:

> I made a patch for the 2.2.7 kernel which sets the permissions for the
> /proc/<pid> and files inside so users can read information about only
> their processes. If someone will try "ps aux" he will see a list
> composed only by the processes he owns, and no other.

Your patch works a treat. I trust that it will go into 2.3.x ASAP. I am
not prepared to let users loose on my machine without that patch.

Cheers,
Alex
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- Alex Buell, May 1999.

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