Tom Lane wrote:
I don't offhand know of any Unix platforms where they cannot be found
out
I don't know which platforms it is secure/insecure on, but I can
certainly imagine secure systems where ps(1) data in general is viewed
as sensitive and thus not made globally visible.
My inclination is to remove this from HEAD (where it may be moot anyway
by the time 8.1 freezes) and from 8.0.
I don't think there is sufficient justification for removing this
feature and breaking users of a stable release series. The documentation
states this feature is likely insecure, so presumably people who are
using it are aware of the consequences.
-Neil
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