Subject: Re: integrating PAM
To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 01/25/2003 10:16:49
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Hi,

On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 05:10:11PM -0800, Greywolf wrote:

> Dan, this is the thing which has been plaguing UNIX for years:  A child
> process cannot modify its parent; in fact a process cannot modify another
> already running process while it is running unless framework is built into
> place to facilitate and both processes co-operate with each other, OR a
> framework is built into the kernel to allow one process to arbitrarily
> modify another process.

Minor remark: you can attach a process you own with a debugger. About the o=
nly
method to find out what an endless (?) looping process is doing.

Regards,
	-is
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