A few questions...

[John-Mark Gurney]

Daniel Molina Wegener wrote this message on Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 20:52 -0400:
> a) Is there any function or variable that tells me which is the
>    root user UID in the system, or root always have 0 and it's
>    an "elegant" option to compare the variables or structure
>    members against zero.

#include <sys/conf.h>

uid == UID_ROOT

> b) Can normal users look for system processes or kernel threads?

Yes, ps does this...

> c) Can root look for system processes or kernel threads?

Yes, ps does this...

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