Simon Burge writes:

> Module Name:	basesrc
> Committed By:	simonb
> Date:		Fri Dec  3 02:16:42 UTC 1999
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	basesrc/bin/ps: extern.h print.c ps.1 ps.c
> 
> Log Message:
> "ps -e" only shows the environment for the processes owned by the
> current user id or all process if run by root.
> 
> Fixes PR security/5967 from Todd Vierling.

Sometimes -e on other users processes is useful in the same way that
using ps to see other users processes is (command line arguments etc).

This seems rather a half-hearted change (why not make other peoples
command lines/processes unviewable too?), and given that the
environment has historically been viewable, no-one should consider it
secure anyway.

It seems to me to be hard to justify breaking this feature...

Cheers,

Dave