On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, John Cavan wrote:
> I think you have it backwards here, given that Linux works one way and you
yeah, it was a patch for linux, but i wasn't thinking linux. there
are quite many os out there. and i don't think they're different
just because they have programmers with differen
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, [iso-8859-1] Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> > i'd be happy to accept proof that multi-user is a solution for
> > clueless user, not because it's proven on servers. but because it is
> > a solution by definition.
>
> Let's turn the question the other way. It's you trying to convin
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, John Cavan wrote:
> Several distributions (Red Hat and Mandrake certainly) offer auto-login
> tools. In conjunction with those tools, take the approach that Apple
> used with OS X and setup "sudo" for administrative tasks on the machine.
> This allows the end user to general
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Helge Hafting wrote:
> The linux kernel ought to be flexible, so most people can use
> it as-is. It can be used as-is for your purpose, and
> it have been shown that this offer more security _without_
> inconvenience. Your patch however removes multi-user security
> for th
first, i think i owe you guys apology for didn't make myself
clear, which is going harder if you irritated.
even my subject went wrong, as the patch isn't really about
single user (which confuse some people).
for those who didn't read that patch, i #define capable(),
suser(), and fsuser() to 1. t
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > so what the hell is transmeta doing with mobile linux (midori).
> > is it going to teach multi-user thing to tablet owners?
>
> Thats you problem. Distinguish the OS from the user interface.
sigh. is that mean the little thing had to do capable() check
ea
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Aah. I see. Where was this? I never saw it.
psst, it's a proto.
> That may be so, so hack up your own OS. It's a MOBILE PHONE, it needs to be
> absolutely *rock solid*. Look at the 5110, that's just about perfect. The
> 7110, on the other hand ...
mo
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> You are on the wrong list. You don't modify the kernel to make
> a "single-user" machine. You modify the password file in /etc/passwd.
> Until you know, and completely understand this, you will be laughed at.
>
> When an interactive process is sta
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Hence, Microsoft Windows. It might not be stable, it might not be fast, it
> might not do RAID, packet-filtering and SQL, but it does a job. A simple
> job. To give Mum & Dad(tm) (with apologies to maddog) a chance to use a
> computer.
>
>
> Since when
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:
> What, makes it hard to write viruses for it? Awww, poor skr1pt k1dd13z...
>
>
> And would that "use" by any chance include access to network?
>
>
> So let him log in as root, do everything as root and be cracked
> like a bloody moron he is. Next?
>
hi,
a friend of my asked me on how to make linux easier to use
for personal/casual win user.
i found out that one of the big problem with linux and most
other operating system is the multi-user thing.
i think, no personal computer user should know about what's
an operating system idea of a use
hi,
the default MAX_ORDER is 10. as i don't know anything about
page usage, i did some tests to see how it affects performance
(with the infamous kernel compile time).
here it is (all +6m):
1st test2nd testmean
2 40.153
3 38.543
4 38.065 38.61
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 05:47:55PM +0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > hah, i forgot the url.
> > it's at http://www.trustix.co.id/~imel96/linux/
>
> Nice. Can we copy them on www.kernelnewbies.org? They might be useful
> for others as well.
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hah, i forgot the url.
it's at http://www.trustix.co.id/~imel96/linux/
#kernelnewbies have not much help, or they all live in
different time zone.
i just wanna know how people look at the kernel at design
level. is it describeable in uml, etc.
imel
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001,
hi,
i put some gifs describing linux. they're in uml.
linux doesn't have class, so i tried to capture every
struct (struct is kinda class in c++) related to task_struct.
why? it's a school project. but it turned out to be a help to
understand the kernel. maybe the kernel could use more object
o
hi,
i read the man page more carefully, it says
that the partition table is really just a
textual partition table. the __u32 came
from bsd partition table code i copied.
i also fixed the doc. the 9fat always has
the same starting sector n
hi all,
this one patch i believe is harmless as it only
reads partition table, but who knows. the diff
is against 2.4.0.
the patch locates partitions inside the plan9
partition table.
as you may know, a plan9 partition table has three
hi all,
this one patch i believe is harmless as it only
reads partition table, but who knows. the diff
is against 2.4.0.
the patch locates partitions inside the plan9
partition table.
as you may know, a plan9 partition table has three
> imel96 wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > just a few reports:
> >
> > 1. zImage in test10 somehow isn't working
properly. i have a
> > zImage sized a bit more than 500kb on my
harddrive which hangs at
>
hi all,
just a few reports:
1. zImage in test10 somehow isn't working properly. i have a
zImage sized a bit more than 500kb on my harddrive which hangs at
the loading process (the one showing dots).
i write the image to a floppy, and it boots ju
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