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Date:      Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:09:52 +0100
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_resource.c
Message-ID:  <19980205080952.09053@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199802041843.KAA21787@freefall.freebsd.org>; from David Greenman on Wed, Feb 04, 1998 at 10:43:13AM -0800
References:  <199802041843.KAA21787@freefall.freebsd.org>

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As David Greenman wrote:

> dg          1998/02/04 10:43:12 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             kern_resource.c 
>   Log:
>   Restrict idleprio to superuser:

Couldn't this have been made a compile-time option, or sysctl'able?
Most of our user base probably won't have to fear an abuse of this
kind, but have good reasons to run things like screen savers on their
personal workstation in idprio mode.

Just that something makes sense to an ISP-class machine doesn't mean
it makes sense to any and all FreeBSD installation.  I guess 95 % or
more of our installed base are rather mostly-singleuser workstations.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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