Access to kmem - System namelist - 'ps' etc

[jmc at ist.UUCP]

> Why not retain the current model but put some finer-grained protection in?
> That is, let the kernel be selective about what areas of memory it will
> read for a process.  This is perhaps ratty, but you don't end up trying to
> reorganize a system call when you discover that ps, pstat, or some new tool
> you've designed needs access to a data structure you didn't plan on at
> first.
> Dick Dunn

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Gosh it does sound rather like what I originally suggested.....
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