Re: Security problems with access(2)?

2001-04-01 Thread Greg Black
"David O'Brien" wrote: | On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:02:11PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: | > eaccess_file(2) - Using effective credentials, check to see if the | > requested access is permitted on the file or directory identified by the | > provided pathname. | | Why not stick to existing n

Re: 5.0 to have pthreads?

2001-04-01 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Arthur Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010401 20:09] wrote: > hello all, I was told by a friend that FreeBSD 5.0 is going to be sporting > *real* pthreads, I was immediatley very excited and I want to know if this > is true, if anyone knows I would really like to have it verified/dismissed. We alre

Re: Security problems with access(2)?

2001-04-01 Thread David O'Brien
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:02:11PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > eaccess_file(2) - Using effective credentials, check to see if the > requested access is permitted on the file or directory identified by the > provided pathname. Why not stick to existing naming practices? eaccess() > eac

Re: Programming the WinBond W83781D

2001-04-01 Thread Archie Cobbs
Torbjorn Kristoffersen writes: > I'm porting a Linux module that reads system health information (such as > voltages and temperatures) from a WinBond W83781D chip. > > What's the best way of extracting such info from the chip? In the Linux > module it uses the regular inb(), outb(), set() etc. to

Re: Security problems with access(2)?

2001-04-01 Thread Greg Black
Robert Watson wrote: | On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David O'Brien wrote: | | > On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:55:23AM +1000, Greg Black wrote: | > > Many years ago I implemented a new interface that I called | > > eaccess() which replicated the work of access, but tested | > > against the effective uid and g

Re: Routing latency

2001-04-01 Thread Wes Peters
Devin Butterfield wrote: > > On Monday 19 March 2001 4:36, Will Andrews wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:46:53PM -0500, Dennis wrote: > > > I never got an answer (as usual) from bill paul when I made the > > > suggestions, and noone seemed interested in getting it fixed. He seems to > > > g

Re: Job.

2001-04-01 Thread Garrett Rooney
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 08:18:03PM -0700, Rayson Ho wrote: > Hi, > > My company has several job openings -- we really need > unix hackers, kernel hackers, real C programmers... > > We are in Toronto, Canada. If anyone is interested, > please tell me what your skills are, and I will refer > you g

Re: Job.

2001-04-01 Thread Rayson Ho
Hi, My company has several job openings -- we really need unix hackers, kernel hackers, real C programmers... We are in Toronto, Canada. If anyone is interested, please tell me what your skills are, and I will refer you guys to the right person. rayson --- Paul Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: 5.0 to have pthreads?

2001-04-01 Thread Garrett Rooney
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:09:15PM -0400, Arthur Munn wrote: > hello all, I was told by a friend that FreeBSD 5.0 is going to be sporting > *real* pthreads, I was immediatley very excited and I want to know if this > is true, if anyone knows I would really like to have it verified/dismissed. fi

5.0 to have pthreads?

2001-04-01 Thread Arthur Munn
hello all, I was told by a friend that FreeBSD 5.0 is going to be sporting *real* pthreads, I was immediatley very excited and I want to know if this is true, if anyone knows I would really like to have it verified/dismissed. thanks! _

Re: Security problems with access(2)?

2001-04-01 Thread Robert Watson
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:55:23AM +1000, Greg Black wrote: > > Many years ago I implemented a new interface that I called > > eaccess() which replicated the work of access, but tested > > against the effective uid and gid. I'd like to see that > > int

Re: Security problems with access(2)?

2001-04-01 Thread David O'Brien
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:55:23AM +1000, Greg Black wrote: > Many years ago I implemented a new interface that I called > eaccess() which replicated the work of access, but tested > against the effective uid and gid. I'd like to see that > introduced more widely. That still isn't suffient (and

Diskless station!!!

2001-04-01 Thread petro
Hi. May be some of you can advice me where I can get nb3c509.com file for my diskless station with 3Com509 Ethernet, beceuse I can't run make in netboot directory. Thank you very much for any help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of

Re: new rc.diskless{1,2} files

2001-04-01 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> }P.S. To anyone who wants to cleanup the rc.diskless files, > }please be my guest! I wrote them originally and they worked > }'ok', but then some people mangled them and ever since they > }haven't worked right. I don't have time to clean them up > }myself. They could use a

Programming the WinBond W83781D

2001-04-01 Thread Torbjorn Kristoffersen
Hi I'm porting a Linux module that reads system health information (such as voltages and temperatures) from a WinBond W83781D chip. What's the best way of extracting such info from the chip? In the Linux module it uses the regular inb(), outb(), set() etc. to read the raw data, and then making i

(sans sujet)

2001-04-01 Thread CCC102033
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Re: ipfw divert question

2001-04-01 Thread Julian Elischer
Alwyn Goodloe wrote: > > Hackers, > > Here's my question. I have the following FW rules: > > ipfw add 5 divert natd tcp from any to any via ep1 > ipfw add 6 divert 4422 tcp from any to any 3322 in > ipfw add 65000 allow ip from any to any > > The first rule is for natd which perf

Re: status of KSE?

2001-04-01 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001, David Xu wrote: > I know KSE is not related to SMP and will run on UP. my primary > idea is want to run parellel I/O task in same process with pthread, > simply because FreeBSD pthread does not allow me to do multipile > I/O tasks at same time on disk file, of course, it is

Re: new rc.diskless{1,2} files

2001-04-01 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: } }:> }:> On Mar 30, Falco Krepel wrote: }:> > I have implemented good ideas from Mike Smith in my }:> > rc.diskless{1,2} files and make some other changes: [...] }P.S. To anyone who wants to cleanup the rc.diskless files, }please be my guest! I w

new kernel book this summer???

2001-04-01 Thread j mckitrick
Hi all, I had planned to buy 'Design and Implementation of the BSD 4.4 Operating System' but I heard the rumor that there will be a revision out this summer that will not only be updated, but will focus on FreeBSD. I don't want to repeat any more of the rumor if it is untrue, but I was told if