Re: ps under FreeBSD

From: Andrew Turner (zombieat_private)
Date: Sat May 18 2002 - 22:56:34 PDT

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    On 18 May 2002 at 18:57, Jakub Filonik wrote:
    
    > Hi,
    > I was playing with ps on FreeBSD with kern.ps_showallprocs=0 and I was
    > surprised when I have seen that I may see info about running process, if I
    > know it's ID
    > 
    
    kern.ps_showallprocs only disables ps showing all processes.
    For example, try running "ps -ax" with kern.ps_showallprocs=0 and, as 
    a user, you only get prosesses you own.
    
    I'm havn't touched the kernel in any way this is just my 
    understanding of how this works from the name and my own testing.
    > 
    > I think it may be seen as bug. What do You think?
    > 
    
    No see above
    
    Andrew Turner
    
    
    
    
    A much wittier reply came to mind immediately
    after I clicked the 'Send' button.
    



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