Lee Revell wrote:
>On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 05:06 +0000, David Wagner wrote:
>> Probably only super-user should be permitted to read the usage information
>> about other processes.
>
>Why restrict it to root? Why not just prevent users from reading other
>users rusage. How could it be a security hole for joeuser's process be
>able to read the rusage of joeuser's other processes?
Sorry; you're absolutely right. I agree. I overlooked that case.
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