Re: a newbie with the kernel--a few questions

[Alistair John Strachan]

> At 09:12 PM 6/15/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> >OK, I am pretty good with c. My goal here is... Well, when a user types
> > who, I don't want it to work, unless its root. (easy to change) but I
> > want some security like that in the kernel. Also, I want to limit it to
> > when the user types ps, they can't get everyone's processes, but jsut
> > there own, unless of course, they are root.
> >Thanks,

Might also be worth looking at patches like GrSecurity which make general 
policy changes (such as these) and are well tested and robust.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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