Re: /proc permissions (Only read if interested in the result)

Andi Gutmans (andi@actcom.co.il)
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:45:27 +0300

At 21:44 9/10/96 +0400, you wrote:
>Yes. See linux/fs/proc/root.c
>
>There is a struct, which defines uid/gid and mode of the proc root directory.
>Change it as you want and recompile kernel.

Hey,

well with your advice I "fixed" it for myself. I changed the following
structure in linux/fs/proc/root.c as you said (17 is my group proc)

struct proc_dir_entry proc_root = {
PROC_ROOT_INO, 5, "/proc",
S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP, 2, 0, 17,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
Should only allow r+x access to user&group group proc
0, &proc_root_inode_operations,
NULL, NULL,
NULL,
&proc_root, NULL
};

I haven't tested it yet but there's no reason it shouldn't work.

Thanks to y'all
Andi