[BLUG] spoofed process names?

Mark Krenz blug_at_mailman.cs.indiana.edu
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:43:17 +0000


  Wow, easier than I expected.  Fortunately you can still find out what
the actual process is called by grepping out the Name: line in /proc/[pid]/status


On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 12:34:51PM GMT, Brian Wheeler [bdwheele_at_indiana.edu] said the following:
> 
> Nah, its "normal".  Consider this perl program:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> $0="hello there!";
> sleep 1000;
> 
 

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Mark Krenz
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