Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 10:35:28 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Subject: Re: looking for an idea Message-ID: <199611250935.KAA16590@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199611242122.QAA02399@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> from Bill Paul at "Nov 24, 96 04:22:57 pm"
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As Bill Paul wrote: > Now, the problem is to find a way for A to verify B's UID without > resorting to grovelling in /dev/kmem. This is necessary since A would > need privileges to open /dev/kmem, and A and B might not be run by > privileged users. /proc/$pid/status is readable by everyone, and contains the real and effective UID of the process. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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