Re: I'm not the process you think I am

From: Anatoly Vorobey (mellon_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Tue 31 Aug 2004 - 15:48:53 IDT


On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:56:50PM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> Salutations!
>
> I would like to have a process that will
> - run with de-facto root priviledges (can do anything root can do)
> - appears to be running under a different user with standard ps / top
> and friends

Depending on whom you wish to deceive (human or another program) and how
clever they are, you may want to try something as simple as
(oh-dear-God-I-don't-believe-I'm-gonna-say-it) naming uid 0 something
other than 'root' on that system.

-- 
avva
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