Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:19:09 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libutil pidfile.3 Message-ID: <BE56835D-58E2-4F21-B2CA-FB33ED18E382@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <200509161119.j8GBJcS0080866@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200509161119.j8GBJcS0080866@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Am 16.09.2005 um 13:19 schrieb Pawel Jakub Dawidek: > pjd 2005-09-16 11:19:38 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > lib/libutil pidfile.3 > Log: > Pidfiles should be created with permission preventing users from > opening > them for reading. When user can open file for reading, he can also > flock(2) it, which can lead to confusions. This means that a monitoring tool would need to run with elevated privileges to determine the PID of the process to monitor, correct? Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 170 346 0140
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