Subject: Re: kern.showallprocs implementation
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/29/2005 20:51:44
Bill Studenmund wrote:
> The one comment I have is in repsponse to the name. I suggest we go with
> something similar to what FreeBSD has:
>
> security.bsd.suser_enabled integer yes
> security.bsd.see_other_uids integer yes
> security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug integer yes
> security.bsd.unprivileged_read_msgbuf integer yes
>
> Obviously we don't have to have all of these nodes. But
> "security.bsd.see_other_uids" seems about as good as "kern.privacy.proc".
I'd like to have a ``security'' node; but that's about it. :)
> I think it would be appropriate to have one knob control both the process
> and socket ownership features in your (Elad's) code.
Why? You can have one big knob and multiple smaller knobs so you can
tune privacy the way you want it.
-e.
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