Hi Maarten,

Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 3:14:14 PM, you wrote:

> I believe this not to be the only problem.
> pstree and other utilities that use the /proc
> filesystem can be patched to only show the processes
> in the current virtual server, but...
> all this information is gathered from the /proc dir
> and this is always readable by any virtual server admin.
> I don't know if it is possible, but if you can mount the
> proc filesystem in a way it only shows the virtual server's
> processes, than that would solve the problem.
> But I guess that will take kernel patching of some sort.
> If anyone has a solution to this problem, please let the
> list know.

> Maarten

This is a security issue that people should be made aware about - its
implications are low (NOONE should be typing passwords on the command
line) but, I agree, it would be nice to prevent cross-VS process
viewing.

Kind Regards,

Ben Kennish
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