Can I change the world writable permissions of the files under the /proc directory?

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Issue

  • The files in the /proc/ directory show up as world writeable. Is it okay to alter the permissions of files and folders inside /proc and what effect would this have on our server?

  • When I execute the below command :-

find / -type f -perm -002 -ls | more

I get to see the world writable files. Is it okay to alter their world writeable permissions ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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