[uml-user] how is your day going

2006-08-02 Thread paris jenkins
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Re: [uml-user] Security

2006-08-02 Thread Frank v Waveren
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:15:39PM -0400, Jeff Dike wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:35:20AM -0700, Jim Carter wrote: > > untrustedProg cannot use legitimate means to induce UML1's kernel to map > > kernel memory (except according to the UNIX file permissions of /dev/kmem). > > And whether /de

Re: [uml-user] Security

2006-08-02 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:35:20AM -0700, Jim Carter wrote: > untrustedProg cannot use legitimate means to induce UML1's kernel to map > kernel memory (except according to the UNIX file permissions of /dev/kmem). And whether /dev/kmem allows writing. This has been controversial in the past (and

Re: [uml-user] Security

2006-08-02 Thread Jim Carter
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, TongKe Xue wrote: > Original Belief: I can use UML as a virtual machine; jail untrusted > processes. > > Let's say I am a user U, on a machine M running Linux. > I run an instance, UML1 of User Mode Linux. > Within this instance of UML1, I create a new user "jailedUser". > "j

Re: [uml-user] Promiscuous mode interface bug?

2006-08-02 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:27:00AM -0700, Stephens, Allan wrote: > When I used "ethX=mcast", each interface I configured on a UML guest > forwarded all packets sent to the associated multicast group to my > network protocol software, even though the interfaces were not > configured as "promiscuous"

Re: [uml-user] uml hangs on boot, sometimes [solved]

2006-08-02 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 04:23:35PM +0200, Christoph Rudorff wrote: > Thanks, that fixed the problem! > > I rebooted it 10 times, it is working now. Is mode=tt broken? I also tried > that before but: Yeah, it'll be removed when SMP support for skas is done. Jeff

Re: [uml-user] Promiscuous mode interface bug?

2006-08-02 Thread Paolo Giarrusso
"Stephens, Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Hi Paolo: > > OK, let me take one more try at explaining what I've observed. > (And my > apologies for making this whole issue more confusing than necessary > ... > I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to detailing with the > details of > ne

Re: [uml-user] Promiscuous mode interface bug?

2006-08-02 Thread Stephens, Allan
Hi Paolo: OK, let me take one more try at explaining what I've observed. (And my apologies for making this whole issue more confusing than necessary ... I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to detailing with the details of network interface operation.) When I used "ethX=daemon", each interface

Re: [uml-user] uml hangs on boot, sometimes [solved]

2006-08-02 Thread Christoph Rudorff
Am Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 15:44 schrieb Christoph Rudorff: > Am Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 14:17 schrieb Jeff Dike: > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:07:24PM +0200, Christoph Rudorff wrote: > > > TLS probs? No. I removed /lib/tls I double checked if /dev is complete. > > > If I kill the uml and simply

Re: [uml-user] uml hangs on boot, sometimes

2006-08-02 Thread Christoph Rudorff
Am Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 14:17 schrieb Jeff Dike: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:07:24PM +0200, Christoph Rudorff wrote: > > TLS probs? No. I removed /lib/tls I double checked if /dev is complete. > > If I kill the uml and simply retry 2 or 3 times, it boots fine. But they > > usually do not survi

Re: [uml-user] uml hangs on boot, sometimes

2006-08-02 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:07:24PM +0200, Christoph Rudorff wrote: > I'm using sucessfully several uml's for 2 years now. > > I recently upgraded kernels from linux.2.6.11.10-bs5 to linux-2.6.17.7 and > 2.6.17.7-hmd1.smp.p4_skas3_v9_pre9 for the host machine (hmd = homemade). > > I have randomly

[uml-user] uml hangs on boot, sometimes

2006-08-02 Thread Christoph Rudorff
Hello ppl! I'm using sucessfully several uml's for 2 years now. I recently upgraded kernels from linux.2.6.11.10-bs5 to linux-2.6.17.7 and 2.6.17.7-hmd1.smp.p4_skas3_v9_pre9 for the host machine (hmd = homemade). I have randomly the problem, that the uml machines hangs on boot at "VFS: Mounted