Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 03:35:50 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: "Vladimir Mencl, MK, susSED" <mencl@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Why is idprio only for root Message-ID: <19990908033550.02417@hydrogen.fircrest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909081209110.2894-100000@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz>; from Vladimir Mencl, MK, susSED on Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 12:12:57PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909081209110.2894-100000@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
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Vladimir Mencl, MK, susSED scribbled this message on Sep 8: > Why is the idprio(1) command available only to the superuser? > > What where the reasons? > > It just seems to me that it's no evil to let users run some computations > on the idle priority.... when they want to load the system less then > with a nice(1). because there is a situation where a idle prio process can obtain a lock on a vnode or other kernel resource, but never get the chance to run again while a higher level process continues working... do a search of the mailing lists on this topic... it shouldn't be hard to turn up... it would most likely be on -hackers -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 541 684 8449 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 "The soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it. The event is only the actualizing of its thought." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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