Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:03:45 +1030 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: newton@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern imgact_elf.c Message-ID: <199902051233.XAA01433@atdot.dotat.org> In-Reply-To: <36BADC89.E8EF3B2A@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at Feb 5, 99 08:56:57 pm
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Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> > newton 1999/02/04 19:43:19 PST
> > Modified files:
> > sys/kern imgact_elf.c
> > Log:
> > Created sysctl kern.fallback_elf_brand. Defaults to "none", which will
> > give the same behaviour produced before today. If sysadmin sets it
> > to a valid ELF brand, ELF image activator will attempt to run unbranded
> > ELF exectutables as if they were branded with that value.
>
> Wouldn't this work better as an environment variable set in
> login.conf?
I don't think having the kernel give special treatment to users'
environment variables is a good precedent to set.
- mark
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