Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262210AbVDRUPQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:15:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262202AbVDRUNn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:13:43 -0400 Received: from vds-320151.amen-pro.com ([62.193.204.86]:17593 "EHLO vds-320151.amen-pro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262185AbVDRULU (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:11:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] procfs privacy: tasks/processes lookup From: Lorenzo =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hern=E1ndez_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Garc=EDa-Hierro?= To: Rik van Riel Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: References: <1113849993.17341.69.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ICaMOgSGYXP5ToqNQ2Rg" Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:59:30 +0200 Message-Id: <1113854370.17341.115.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1495 Lines: 43 --=-ICaMOgSGYXP5ToqNQ2Rg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El lun, 18-04-2005 a las 15:24 -0400, Rik van Riel escribi=F3: > This looks like a very bad default to me! >=20 > Your patch would force people to run system monitoring > applications as root, because otherwise they cannot get > some of the information they can get now. Forcing that > these applications run with root rights is a security > risk, not a benefit... Right, that's why I would say "fall back to the config. option" behavior, trusting in a certain user group defined in configuration-time or via sysctl, or just keeping it simple as it's right now, split up so anyone can decide what to apply and what shouldn't be applied. Cheers, --=20 Lorenzo Hern=E1ndez Garc=EDa-Hierro =20 [1024D/6F2B2DEC] & [2048g/9AE91A22][http://tuxedo-es.org] --=-ICaMOgSGYXP5ToqNQ2Rg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCZBGhDcEopW8rLewRAv5cAKCRu0uSU1pvmr7ERUHcvWo0JKdbGQCfU8JM hBlX1V9ODCDCEQwaX3lK0n4= =UD6Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ICaMOgSGYXP5ToqNQ2Rg-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/