RE: [MiNT] XaAES / GEM memory issues

["Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz" <draco@obta.uw.edu.pl>]

> This is where we have to make the very difficult design decision to assume
> that the user have a brain. If there's only a certain amount of processes
> that can have F_OS_SPECIAL privileges (1 or 2, it can't possibly be more
> with current AES implementations), and this amount can be specified in
> mint.cnf (it could even be zero for the really paranoid ones), it shouldn't
> be difficult to make this virtually foolproof.

Sorry, do you accept the fact that MiNT allows creation of multiuser
setups? What your limit enabled in mint.cnf helps, when the someone else
than root himself, connects to the machine and starts your two processes
which lock the usage of the F_OS_SPECIAL, before the root sitting at the
console has started the AES?

Can you guarantee that this won't happen?
 
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Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz
mail: draco@atari.org
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