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Date:      Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:23:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_zone.c vm_zone.h 
Message-ID:  <200102121823.f1CINTB07769@earth.backplane.com>
References:   <200102121614.f1CGEhU51322@mobile.wemm.org>

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:Warner Losh wrote:
:> In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010122142028.19966D-100000@fledge.watson.org> Rob
:    ert Watson writes:
:> : appreciated.   (this will also make it easier for portable kernel
:> : monitoring tools to be written, and allow graphical monitoring tools to
:> : run with less privilege).
:> 
:> And generally make for a happier security officer team :-)
:
:And an unhappier team of people dealing with kernel crashdumps. :-(
:
:All this sysctl stuff is fine, but dont kill the crashdump reading code!
:If -M or -N are specified then use the old way (and require root to be
:running it).  Without -M or -N, use sysctl. 
:
:Cheers,
:-Peter
:--
:Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au

   You don't need root to use -M and -N, you only need to be able to
   access the dump files.

					-Matt


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