Hi,
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:08:25PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 08:49:16AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote:
> > > > I'm still not convinced that this is a good idea in general. Private
> > > > namespaces always make things somewhat intransparent IMHO.
> > >
Hello,
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 08:49:16AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote:
>
> > > I'm still not convinced that this is a good idea in general. Private
> > > namespaces always make things somewhat intransparent IMHO.
> >
> > I agree, unless perhaps it is obviously private, e.g. /proc/self.
Hi,
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:45:05PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:27:28AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote:
> > Presently we don't have any mechanisms for server-side per-process
> > handling though. (Again, beyond chroot.) While at some point we
> > mentio
Hi,
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:35:49PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> Again, it seems like a natural split to me. One translator per
> filesystem: one to merge the different packages into a single
> filesystem, and the other to interact with it.
I really don't see any point in introducing
Hello,
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:27:28AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote:
>
> Nah, I think you are right. Systems that provide private namespaces
> (beyond chroot) -- which most notably includes Plan9, but also Linux
> nowadays -- do so per-process rather than per-user. So a user gets a
> p
Hello,
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:17:17AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:52:04AM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
>
> > Yes, a translator can attach itself to multiple nodes, but if a
> > translator takes an active role in attaching itself it cannot be set
>
Hi,
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:54:37AM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 11:52 +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:47:49PM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote:
> > > 3. Is it possible to have one translator working on two nodes at
> > > the same t
Hi,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 03:07:22PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 01:59:16PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:52:04 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > 4. Is it possible for a translator to provide different
> > > > views
Hi,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:52:04AM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> Yes, a translator can attach itself to multiple nodes, but if a
> translator takes an active role in attaching itself it cannot be set
> as a passive (start on demand) translator.
Eh? Why not?...
> It is also possible to
Hello Fredrik,
On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 11:52 +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:47:49PM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote:
> > To design HPM (Hurd Package Manager) I need answers to the following
> > questions (at least to begin with):
> >
> > 1. Is it possible
Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Fri 16 Apr 2010 15:07:22 +0200, a écrit :
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 01:59:16PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:52:04 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > 2. If yes on question 1, would this be insecure? For example, if
> > > > th
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 01:59:16PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:52:04 +0200, a écrit :
> > > 2. If yes on question 1, would this be insecure? For example, if
> > > the user overrides a library used by a setuid program? (Then
> > > a
Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:52:04 +0200, a écrit :
> > 2. If yes on question 1, would this be insecure? For example, if
> > the user overrides a library used by a setuid program? (Then
> > again, if the program is running as e.g. root by setuid, it
> > wo
Hello,
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:47:49PM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote:
> To design HPM (Hurd Package Manager) I need answers to the following
> questions (at least to begin with):
>
> 1. Is it possible for an unprivileged user to override the
> translator of a node with another transl
To design HPM (Hurd Package Manager) I need answers to the following
questions (at least to begin with):
1. Is it possible for an unprivileged user to override the
translator of a node with another translator (at least, in their
own view)? Basically, the question is if users'
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