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Re: Process Options
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Darren Dunham |
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Re: Process Options |
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:15:05 -0700 (PDT) |
> Besides the systems others have already mentioned, SunOS 4, AIX & OSF1
> (aka Digital/Tru64 Unix) all support "ps auxww". IMHO, "ps auxww" is
> much superior to "ps -ef"... :)
...in some situations.
For Solaris, the commands returned by the two ps's are different.
The SYSV ps returns the command handed to the kernel to launch the
program. For security purposes, it may be better, because it cannot be
changed later (but is unfortunately limited to 80 characters).
The UCB ps returns the command in the ARGV structure of the process.
This structure is runtime modifyable and can be changed by the process
either to return useful information (such as sendmail does), or to hide
information from administrators.
Just an FYI...
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Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
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