From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 21:56:45 PDT
To: vznuri@netcom.com (Vladimir Z. Nuri)
Subject: Re: privacy in Unix environment
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> 
> Hello everyone, here is a question well suited for the c'punks.
> I'm looking for some kind of utility that will allow script files
> to be run, to spawn off processes, but will wipe out environment
> and "ps" info from being read. i.e. imagine that the commands
> being called must shield their arguments and environment from
> the "ps" command run on a system. the ideal program would let
> me run csh scripts but make all the unix commands called
> (sort, grep, whatever) invisible to other users on my local
> system.
> 
Hi,

There is a program for Linux which sorta does this that was written by a 
friend of mine. It basicly 'hides' a process such that neither it or any
of its children will show up using 'ps'. If you would like more info
then contact:

     ifch151@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

Take care.