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Subject: Re: root-owned /proc/pid files for threaded apps?
To: duvall@emufarm.org (Danek Duvall)
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:43:54 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> I just upgraded from 2.4.8-pre3-ac2 to 2.4.19-pre2-ac2, and found that
> for threaded programs like mozilla and xmms, files in /proc/<pid> are
> owned by root, even if the process belongs to another user.  I
> particularly wanted to be able to read /proc/<pid>/environ, but I can't.
> 
> Is this a known problem?  I haven't seen it float by.
> 
> I'll backtrack kernels to see if I can find the patch that caused it and
> report back if I hear nothing.

Thanks - that will really help. There are several sets of thread related
changes in -ac. Its all working for me however 8)
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