On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 01:23:47 +1000 (EST) 
 Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au> wrote:

 > While I think of it, on a semi-related note, how close is ps(1) to being
 > not-setgid with both procfs & sysctl's?

It's setgid() so that it can read the environ, args, proctitle of other
processes.

Just to get process info, it doesn't need it at all, for the liver kernel
case.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>