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Date:      Wed, 4 Jun 1997 18:03:54 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross)
Subject:   Re: Random Qustions...
Message-ID:  <19970604180354.XH36943@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970603134538.28675A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>; from David E. Cross on Jun 3, 1997 13:48:00 -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970603134538.28675A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>

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As David E. Cross wrote:

> 1) what do suid/sgid devices do?

At best serve as a security hole. :)  Not really, since you cannot
execute a device at all.

> 2) what do the numbers displayed when the system is syncing on a
> halt/reboot mean?

The number of outstanding buffers to flush.

-- 
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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