From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ako47-0001Wv-Ei for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:28:55 -0800 Received: from [12.177.129.25] (helo=ccure.user-mode-linux.org) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1AkS1v-0001gN-3W for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:57:11 -0800 Message-Id: <200401241820.i0OIKLY3002404@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Draft docs for port console channel In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:50:57 +1030." <20040124082057.GG4203@erizo.shearer.org> References: <20040123035639.GC4203@erizo.shearer.org> <20040123144320.GB6768@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <20040124082057.GG4203@erizo.shearer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jeff Dike Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:20:21 -0500 To: Dan Shearer Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net dan@shearer.org said: > Another fumbling newbie question: why can't we just have the fd for > the unix socket for xterm connected before xterm is exec'd? Then there > would be no need for open_socket in port-helper. I'm sure there's an > obvious reason. I think that's just paranoia. IIRC, I was more confident about command-line switches getting through xterm than open file descriptors. I think I needed to pass an open file descriptor through telnetd because there is no way to influence the command line of the -L login program. Thanks for the patch. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel