Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:58:35 -0500 (EST) From: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sys Admin article on Linux emulation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912202056180.5096-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.20.9912210238280.14949-100000@alphard.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Randy Bush wrote: > >> options USER_LDT #allow user-level control of i386 ldt > > is the last one really needed for stuff such as staroffice? > It's need for Wine, for example. > > (BTW, why isn't that supported out-of-the-box?) I don't claim to know a lot about system architecture, but it sounds to me like on your average box it could be a security risk of sorts, or at the very least a potential admin headache. I subscribe to the school of giving user processes as little as possible to get their jobs done, especially when multiple users are present. Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> Owner/Administrator, zigg.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4Xt7N+xq4JbgNGlMRAo8BAKChrpjTxJ/Uc38GCJP7uDgWoXC7xACfR5Q/ LSpJBmb4sm0MYNLVZOqjP3I= =2XvQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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