On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 11:04 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/29/2011 10:51 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > > On 06/28/2011 10:13 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > >> On 6/28/11 6:37 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > > > >>> Works fine as root. > >> Usually ordinary users are prohibited from accessing /proc/<whatever> > >> from what I remember. That is why root works and joe-blow does not. > >> > >> James McKenzie > >> > > I'm totally fine with it - but seems to work for some - curiosity now. > > > > I wonder if those for whom it works are in group wheel or something - > > perhaps as my firstboot failed when systemd got its knickers in a twist > > with the luks passwords and firstboot and i915 graphics somehow first > > boot was a black screen .. dont recall now if f15 or f16 puts first user > > in wheel group - and if that matters at all. > > > > > > I took a quick read of the python script.... > > It would seem that if one is not running as root it will check the PIDs > of the user invoking the command to see if any of those processes need > to be restarted. Only if invoked with the '-u' option. > I ran it as a user running KDE....and it took several seconds to > complete....lots of PIDs for that user. > > I ran it as a user that had ssh'd in. Completed very fast....only a > couple of PIDs. > > Of course an ordinary user can access many /proc/<whatever> .... > > cat /proc/cpuinfo being one of many.... Not relevant. Only /proc/[0-9]* are considered. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
