netmsg can now exec files (sort of)

Aloha - I've gotten 'netmsg' to the point where files in the mounted, remote filesystem can be executed on the local machine. This isn't remote execution - it's just copying the files to the local machine and executing them there. Nothing more than what you'd expect from NFS or Samba, but it wor

[bug #48919] exec server can attempt null pointer dereference

URL: Summary: exec server can attempt null pointer dereference Project: The GNU Hurd Submitted by: baccala Submitted on: Sat 27 Aug 2016 05:09:21 AM GMT Category: Hurd Servers

[bug #26476] rpctrace cannot trace messages sent to the host port

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #26476 (project hurd): I tried implementing (a). Surprisingly, "rpctrace ls" does not show any messages to the host name port, when using libc0.3 2.23-4 from Debian. Running the patched rpctrace on the test program (file #36320) shows the host_processor_sets RPC just fi

[bug #26476] rpctrace cannot trace messages sent to the host port

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #26476 (project hurd): a) makes sense to me indeed. Implementing an strace tool could however be useful too, though :) ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #26476] rpctrace cannot trace messages sent to the host port

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #26476 (project hurd): AFAICT, mach_host_self in GNU Mach returns the same port no matter which task/thread calls it; you cannot set a special port for it. Consider these approaches: (a) Modify GNU Mach so it defines and uses TASK_HOST_NAME_PORT. Apple's xnu kernel app