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| author | Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> | 2008-11-09 09:29:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> | 2008-11-09 09:29:39 +0100 |
| commit | 09ce2aac5978c69be419f94a3888ef4805275027 (patch) | |
| tree | 66294b173e1fc00e562eb4cca095ade2e0e8136b | |
| parent | 1f194cba48fd24cd9eb19cde45cb615319146e43 (diff) | |
Niches: Added idea: Provide devices with safeguards to userspace.
| -rw-r--r-- | community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn index 523c0289..e8dec5a2 100644 --- a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn +++ b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ aren't possible. * elegantly mount iso images and similar as unprivileged user. - Other useful stuff: - * Install deb-packages from an ftp server via 'dpkg -iO ftp://foo/bar/*.deb' + * Install deb-packages from an ftp server via 'dpkg -iO ftp://foo/bar/*.deb' (needs transparent ftp bound to 'ftp:'). - Having a complete GNU System (but not yet on every hardware, and only about half the software Debian offers has been ported). @@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ contents of an iso image, just look at them via 'ls image.iso,,iso9660fs'). - Debian: Allowing users to install stuff which affects only them. +- smbfs: we'd need a servermux and sharemux there as well, in order to be able to cd +/smb://host/share/dir + +- provide devices to userspace with some restrictions, i.e. provide a specialized +device so user translators can access it. The providing translator can set +restrictions on values which can be passed so safe but almost arbitrary device access +would be possible. + + ### Need a lot of coding or fundamental changes - Effective resource management (For example via Viengoos on which Neal Walfield is |