Subject: Re: @booted_kernel magic symlink?
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/27/2006 09:13:23
"Garrett D'Amore" <garrett_damore@tadpole.com> writes:

> Would it be okay for pmap to require procfs?  This would could also be
> used to prevent non-root users from looking at the process maps of other
> programs.

Please note that while adding sysctl support or another interface for
accessing live data is fine, it is not fine to *remove* the support
used to access crash dumps. This means that they must continue to be
able to grovel kernel memory, even if it's not the primary mode of
operation.

        - Nathan