Re: [GSoC] Implementing libcap

2011-04-05 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 09:50:50PM +0300, Esa-Matti Mourujärvi wrote: > > Oh... That might be a problem. This level of C understanding will > > probably be required to successfully complete this task... > > Maybe we got to a wrong foot here. I will try to rephrase: I am > familiar with C's p

Re: [GSoC] Implementing libcap

2011-04-03 Thread Esa-Matti Mourujärvi
Hi, > I see... So capget()/capset()/prctl() are the actual low-level functions > provided by the kernel (through glibc); while libcap is a higher-level > interface on top of them? Yup, that sums it up nicely. > Well, I actually meant adding this dummy header to the libcap package > itself... But

Re: [GSoC] Implementing libcap

2011-04-02 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:12:49AM +0300, Esa-Matti Mourujärvi wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:29 AM, wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:44:29PM +0300, Esa-Matti Mourujärvi > > wrote: > > I'm not sure however how __le32 could be handled properly in this > > case. > Nor do I. To be ho

Re: [GSoC] Implementing libcap

2011-03-30 Thread Esa-Matti Mourujärvi
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:29 AM, wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:44:29PM +0300, Esa-Matti Mourujärvi wrote: > >> I'm interested in applying for Hurd in GSoC. I am a second year CS >> student in University of Oulu, Finland. > > Welcome :-) > Hi, and thank you. :-) >> I have knowledge

Re: [GSoC] Implementing libcap

2011-03-29 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:44:29PM +0300, Esa-Matti Mourujärvi wrote: > I'm interested in applying for Hurd in GSoC. I am a second year CS > student in University of Oulu, Finland. Welcome :-) > I have knowledge of C to some extend, but I have never developed > anything big with it on my ow

[GSoC] Implementing libcap

2011-03-29 Thread Esa-Matti Mourujärvi
Hello, I'm interested in applying for Hurd in GSoC. I am a second year CS student in University of Oulu, Finland. I have knowledge of C to some extend, but I have never developed anything big with it on my own. On another note, I have used non-windows operating systems only for a year, but I am ea