Re: Pathnames in /proc

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Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 03:41:57 -0400 (EDT)

There is no need to "fix" /proc/mounts, since untrusted users
can't supply the data. Trusted users must be trusted to not
abuse the file format.

The /proc/#/foo files could be a real problem.

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