What Happens When /proc is not Mounted in FreeBSD5.4?

2007-02-01 Thread Martin McCormick
I made a startling discovery when using strace to trouble-shoot a different problem on a freeBSD5.4 system that has been running since last October. Both it and another new 5.4 system had a /proc mount point but no process files. The mount point had the May 5 date from 2005 as do most

Re: What Happens When /proc is not Mounted in FreeBSD5.4?

2007-02-01 Thread Fabian Keil
Martin McCormick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made a startling discovery when using strace to trouble-shoot a different problem on a freeBSD5.4 system that has been running since last October. Both it and another new 5.4 system had a /proc mount point but no process files. If I remember

Re: What Happens When /proc is not Mounted in FreeBSD5.4?

2007-02-01 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:17:50AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: I made a startling discovery when using strace to trouble-shoot a different problem on a freeBSD5.4 system that has been running since last October. Both it and another new 5.4 system had a /proc mount point but no

Re: What Happens When /proc is not Mounted in FreeBSD5.4?

2007-02-01 Thread Martin McCormick
Kris Kennaway writes: As you have found, proc is almost entirely unused in FreeBSD apart from one or two debugging facilities, and in fact not recommended on multi-user systems because the long history of security vulnerabilities. Thanks to you and Fabian Keil for your succinct

Re: What Happens When /proc is not Mounted in FreeBSD5.4?

2007-02-01 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 02:26:00PM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: Kris Kennaway writes: As you have found, proc is almost entirely unused in FreeBSD apart from one or two debugging facilities, and in fact not recommended on multi-user systems because the long history of security