On 6/28/11 8:04 PM, 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. > > 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.... I was referring to /proc/<pid whatever> when that user did not 'own' the process. I'm under the impression that this is/was part of the security 'features' of Fedora Linux. I don't have a RH box to look at and verify. Of course, I have been known to be incorrect and if I am in this case, something else is happening then. James -- 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
