Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:03:23 -0700 | From | richard offer <> |
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In arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c there is the following code ...
ret = -EPERM; if (pid == 1) /* you may not mess with init */ goto out_tsk;
What is the rationale for this ? Is this a real security decision or an implementation detail (bad things will happen).
Thoughts ?
richard.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Offer Technical Lead, Trust Technology "Specialization is for insects" SGI _______________________________________________________________________
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