* Alan Cox (alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > On Gwe, 2005-11-11 at 23:38 +0100, Claudio Scordino wrote: > > + if ((current->euid != tsk->euid) && > > + (current->euid != tsk->uid)) { > > + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); > > + return -EINVAL; > > > Would be -EPERM also wants a 'privilege' check. Not sure which would be > best here - CAP_SYS_ADMIN seems to be the 'default' used It's already available via /proc w/out protection. And ditto via posix cpu timers. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/