Re: ps(1): add -d (descendancy) option to display parent/child process relationships

2022-09-01 Thread Martin Schröder 
Am Do., 1. Sept. 2022 um 05:38 Uhr schrieb Job Snijders :
> Some ps(1) implementations have an '-d' ('descendancy') option. Through
> ASCII art parent/child process relationships are grouped and displayed.
>
> Thoughts?

gnu ps has

-d Select all processes except session leaders.

and

   f  ASCII art process hierarchy (forest).

   --forest
  ASCII art process tree.

Best
Martin

Re: allow 240/4 in various network daemons

2022-05-28 Thread Martin Schröder 
Am Sa., 28. Mai 2022 um 22:46 Uhr schrieb Seth David Schoen
:
> We're also interested in talking about whether there's an appropriate
> path for supporting non-broadcast use of addresses within 127/8, our
> most controversial change.  In Linux and FreeBSD, we're experimenting

IPv6 is now older than IPv4 was when v6 was introduced.
You are beating a very dead horse.

Best
Martin

Re: [SPAM?] OpenBSD's experience with writing secure c/c++ code.

2021-09-10 Thread Martin Schröder 
Am Do., 9. Sept. 2021 um 15:03 Uhr schrieb el3ctr0lyte
:
> Rust totes itself as a systems programming language that promises memory 
> safety and so far it seems to deliver on that promise. I was just wondering, 
> what are your opinions on Rust and do you guys think it is a worth while 
> language to learn. You have a lot of experience with writing secure code in 
> C/C++ and this is why i am asking. What is your experiences like in this area?

It took me three clicks to find this mail from Theo:
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=151233345723889&w=2

What have you done but distract OpenBSD's developers?

Re: Utility to safely edit doas.conf

2018-02-28 Thread Martin Schröder 
2018-02-28 17:16 GMT+01:00 Anthony Perkins :
> +vi $tempfile

Use $EDITOR, don't call vi directly.

Best
   Martin

Re: mounting tmpfs ???

2016-12-14 Thread Martin Schröder 
2016-12-14 17:07 GMT+01:00 sven falempin :
> i am using this daily, what can i do !?

maintain tmpfs

Best
   Martin

Re: Is cvsweb.openbsd.org down?

2015-10-29 Thread Martin Schröder 
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/cvsweb.openbsd.org

Re: /var/tmp in current

2014-11-18 Thread Martin Schröder 
2014-11-18 12:08 GMT+01:00 Liviu Daia :
> /var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp.  Traditionally,
> the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is
> cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't.  Making /var/tmp a
> symlink to /tmp means it's no longer practical to make /tmp a ramdisk.
> Is this a wise change?

See hier(7):

A symbolic link to the system /tmp directory. To protect other users
of /var from overfill conditions, this is no longer a space you can
trust to retain storage over a reboot. Periodically cleaned by
daily(8).

Best
   Martin

Re: i386 RAMDISK shrinkage suggestion

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Schröder 
2009/10/28 Alexey Suslikov :
> So on i386 RAMDISK (like amd64 one), I suggest to remove

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Best
Martin

Re: Default servers pool in ntpd.conf

2009-07-22 Thread Martin Schröder 
2009/7/22 Ted Unangst :
> "Open source projects
>
> Open Source projects are of course particularly welcome to use the
> pool in their default setup"
", but we ask that you get a vendor zone when using the pool as a default"

But Theo has spoken.

Best
   Martin