Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-26 Thread Marius Aamodt Eriksen
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:27:36PM -0400, Shawn Starr wrote: > > Unfortunately. I hope some of those key developers see this is a time to > "Let's fix our security problems". Ie, GNOME, etc... Think their view is mainly, "This is to be used on a desktop system, let's rely on security elsewhere."

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Unfortunately. I hope some of those key developers see this is a time to "Let's fix our security problems". Ie, GNOME, etc... On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, David Ford wrote: > gnome, kde, enlightenment...these are just a few of the "let's give everyone > access" utilities. > > -d > > "Mohammad A. Haqu

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread David Ford
gnome, kde, enlightenment...these are just a few of the "let's give everyone access" utilities. -d "Mohammad A. Haque" wrote: > I've got segments showing up with perm 777 and I dont run enlightenment. > Though they all go away when I guit all apps that use gtk/gnome =) -- "There is a nat

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread Mohammad A. Haque
I've got segments showing up with perm 777 and I dont run enlightenment. Though they all go away when I guit all apps that use gtk/gnome =) David Ford wrote: > > Shawn Starr wrote: > > > Odd, Isn't 777 insecure for shared memory segments? > > very. rasterman may make cute stuff, but reliable

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread David Ford
Shawn Starr wrote: > Odd, Isn't 777 insecure for shared memory segments? very. rasterman may make cute stuff, but reliable in adverse conditions and secure is completely out of the ballpark. -d -- "There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talent

Re: [Xpert] Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread safemode
Keith Packard wrote: > > Odd, Isn't 777 insecure for shared memory segments? > > Yes; Enlightenment does have it's own little set of features... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]XFree86 Core Team SuSE, Inc. > I recieved a bunch and bunch of these messages when i run out of shm segments.

Re: [Xpert] Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread Keith Packard
> Odd, Isn't 777 insecure for shared memory segments? Yes; Enlightenment does have it's own little set of features... [EMAIL PROTECTED]XFree86 Core Team SuSE, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Odd, Isn't 777 insecure for shared memory segments? On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, David Ford wrote: > (cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - this > should be the last post to LKML for this subject) > > Known historical items: > > -All shm segments get used up in very fast order. > -Every

Re: Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-24 Thread David Ford
David Ford wrote: > [more to come - dinner calls - please feel free to comment and provide > information] It is indeed X's fault. A cursory trace on 4.01b shows an equal amount of shmat/shmdt at dozens upon dozens per second. 4.01c has just as many shmat but no shmdt. However it's unclear whe

Current CVS version of X does indeed break wrt SHM

2000-09-23 Thread David Ford
(cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - this should be the last post to LKML for this subject) Known historical items: -All shm segments get used up in very fast order. -Everyone noticing it maintains it is 4.01c versioned -It happens on multiple versions of Linux kernels, 2.2 and 2