Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: procfs permissions on 2.6.x | From | FabF <> | Date | Mon, 05 Jul 2004 00:37:22 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 00:25, Andi Kleen wrote: > viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk writes: > > > > Why on the earth do we ever want to allow chown/chmod on procfs in the first > > place? > > It's useful to stop other people from reading your environment > or command line. We wouldn't need that feature if mods are accurately defined from the beginning (ie at creation) at that's already the case AFAICS.
FabF
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