Re: A few other problems
Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 04:34:38PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > 1) People that telnet to the box can go around and cat files (even
> > /etc/passwd!) without even logging in.
>
> The Hurd has the concept of a user who is not logged in. A fourth set of rwx
> permissions. Those are set to r-x by default it seems. The right fix would
> be to modify chmod etc to support those flags and make use of it.
What I need is a guide to these things. I know the top-level (generic
microkernel vs. macrokernel) and the low-level (different commands,
from the quickstart guides), but not the in-between (ie, what is a
stranslator? what can it do? why do I use socket/2 when I set up the
network? what is socket/2?)
> (It's not a bug, it's a feature.)
OK :-)
> > 3) there is no proc
>
> proc is by no means any standard in any way. There is the libps library if
> you need to talk to the proc server. If you want to write a proc fs emulator
> for linux binaries, go for it. It can be implemented as a translator :)
Right, I just thought df was looking for it :-)
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