Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:45:15 +0100 From: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1013144385.29174d@mired.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Junior Annoying Hacker Task Message-ID: <20020206084515.GA1448@pc5.abc> In-Reply-To: <15452.50112.625066.914576@guru.mired.org> References: <20020203040623.13CEF407B@i8k.babbleon.org> <Pine.WNT.4.43.0202031734150.1268-100000@den2> <5F46C986-16DB-11D6-8CEC-00039359034A@mac.com> <20020202110330.C16801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3C5BCA46.713B1950@mindspring.com> <20020202145852.6781C407B@i8k.babbleon.org> <3C5CA666.9BC2BC06@mindspring.com> <15452.50112.625066.914576@guru.mired.org>
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* On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 10:59:44PM -0600, * Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1013144385.29174d@mired.org> wrote: > The problem with the registry is not that it's a single place that > tries to control everything. The problem with the registry is that you > have to have a large chunk of the system functioning in order to fix > things in it should it break - which, from what I've seen, happens all > to frequently. Compare this to unix, where all you need is the kernel, > init, sh and ed - and sufficiently clever people may be able to do it > without init. Just being interessted, how are you able to start sh without having init? I tried "set init_path=/bin/sh" in the loader but that didn't work. Another question, / is mounted read-only, how to remount it read-write without having mount? Not that I need it in the moment, but I'm interessted how that would work. Thanks Nicolas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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