RE: [MiNT] Was: /proc, will be: /sys

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

> From: Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz [mailto:draco@obta.uw.edu.pl]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 4:25 PM
> To: Julian Reschke
> Cc: MiNT mailing list
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] Was: /proc, will be: /sys
>
>
>
> > The issue is that you can't Fopen a file on u:\proc unless you
> are root, or
> > it belongs to you. And if you can't open it, you can't apply an Fcntl,
> > right?
>
> Hum, yes. In this case, when root sets +s on the ps, it should be able to
> read all necessary information. This is how the old KGMD ps work.
>
> I have a wierd impression we're talking about two different things :/

Do we?

My complaint here is that the whole point of defining a proper interface for
requesting process information is that you *don't* have to be root to use
it. And requiring ps.ttp to have root permissions will not work for people
with FAT filesystems...