mogul@jove.pa.dec.com (Jeffrey Mogul) (08/28/90)
Archive-name: top/27-Aug-90 Original-posting-by: mogul@jove.pa.dec.com (Jeffrey Mogul) Original-subject: Another minor fix to "top" 2.1 for Ultrix Archive-site: gatekeeper.dec.com [16.1.0.2] Archive-directory: /pub/DEC Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) 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