> On Oct 16, 2024, at 10:50 AM, Christophe Pettus <xof@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Oct 16, 2024, at 09:47, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I believe it depends on your platform --- some BSDen are pretty >> permissive about this, if memory serves. On a Linux box it seems >> to work for processes owned by yourself even if you're not superuser. > > I just tried it on an (admittedly kind of old) Ubuntu system and MacOS 14, and it looks like shows everything owned by everyone, even from a non-sudoer user. > Interesting, that’s not my experience. Only root can see the env variables of another user. Terminal 1 $ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS" VERSION_ID="20.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"; SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"; BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"; PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"; VERSION_CODENAME=focal UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal $ whoami testusr $ export FOOBAR=true $ bash $ env | grep FOOBAR FOOBAR=true Terminal 2 $ whoami mtice $ ps e -U testusr | grep -c FOOBAR 0 $ sudo ps e -U testusr | grep -c FOOBAR 1
