On 06/29/2011 11:12 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Only if invoked with the '-u' option. I said it was a "quick read"... :-) But, it is interesting that it runs fast under the KDE's user and quick on the ssh user. Neither of which is in the wheel group. >> 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. > > I should have clarified. My statement was in the context of /proc/<whatever> and not in what the script is looking at. But, as you say, even many of those are world readable. -- 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
