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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2008-10-08 00:26:42 +0200
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2008-10-08 00:26:42 +0200
commitf7cc93166ae25dc6936b7115f4196030c1eca288 (patch)
tree0041ccc3b41647cbe220cd743e53c770f03d3317 /community
parentc27c0f96b9ca6898064d5bdbbc79c4475ee7c65a (diff)
UNIX.
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ virtualization using so-called logical partitions. (Similar to Linux-vserver,
OpenVZ etc.)
While subhurd allow creating a complete second system instance, with an own set
-of Hurd servers and UNIX daemons and all, there are also situations where it is
+of Hurd servers and [[UNIX]] daemons and all, there are also situations where it is
desirable to have a smaller subenvironment, living withing the main system and
using most of its facilities -- similar to a chroot environment. A simple way
to create such a subenvironment with a single command would be very helpful.
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ ongoing.
## Fix File Locking
-Over the years, UNIX has aquired a host of different file locking mechanisms.
+Over the years, [[UNIX]] has aquired a host of different file locking mechanisms.
Some of them work on the Hurd, while others are buggy or only partially
implemented. This breaks many applications.
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ alltogether, the current Hurd implementation is based on
variant of the original CMU [[microkernel/Mach]].
Unfortunately, Mach was created about two decades ago, and is in turn based on
-even older BSD code. Parts of the BSD kernel -- file systems, UNIX mechanisms
+even older BSD code. Parts of the BSD kernel -- file systems, [[UNIX]] [[mechanism]]s
like processes and signals, etc. -- were ripped out (to be implemented in
[[userspace_servers|hurd/translator]] instead); while other mechanisms were
added to allow implementing stuff in userspace.
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ shell script that uses xmlfs to extract some interesting information from an
## Allow Using `unionfs` Early at Boot
-In UNIX systems, traditionally most software is installed in a common directory
+In [[UNIX]] systems, traditionally most software is installed in a common directory
hierachy, where files from various packages live beside each other, grouped by
function: user-invokable executables in `/bin`, system-wide configuration files
in `/etc`, architecture specific static files in `/lib`, variable data in
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ to do a detailed analysis of the problem.
## Lexical `..` Resolution
-For historical reasons, UNIX filesystems have a real (hard) `..` link from each
+For historical reasons, [[UNIX]] filesystems have a real (hard) `..` link from each
directory pointing to its parent. However, this is problematic, because the
meaning of "parent" really depends on context. If you have a symlink for
example, you can reach a certain node in the filesystem by a different path. If
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ suggestions welcome... :-) )
## Secure `chroot` implementation
-As the Hurd attempts to be (almost) fully UNIX-compatible, it also implements a
+As the Hurd attempts to be (almost) fully [[UNIX]]-compatible, it also implements a
`chroot()` system call. However, the current implementation is not really
good, as it allows easily escaping the `chroot`, for example by use of
[[passive_translators|hurd/translator]].