mogul@jove.pa.dec.com (Jeffrey Mogul) (08/28/90)
Thanks to a posting by jim@mango.miami.edu (jim brown) on
comp.sources.bugs, I've fixed a bug in my distribution of
the "top" program for Ultrix. (This had to do with problems
supporting simple-minded screen terminals.)
Also, this code has now been tested on an SMP RISC system.
Sources:
anonymous FTP to gatekeeper.dec.com
"type binary"
"get pub/DEC/top.tar.Z"
Be careful: as the README file says
CAVEAT: version 2.0 of top has internal commands that kill and renice
processes. DO NOT INSTALL TOP AS A SETUID PROGRAM, or you will open up a
big security hole since top makes no process ownership checks on its own.
Note that it is still safe to install top as a set group-id program, since
group-id has no bearing on who can renice or send signals to what
processes.
and on a 4.0 system you'll have to install "top" as setgid for group
"kmem" if you want non-super-users to be able to run it.
This software is not in any way supported or guaranteed by Digital
Equipment Corporation, of course.
-Jeff