From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750772AbWEZRYG (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 13:24:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751178AbWEZRYF (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 13:24:05 -0400 Received: from amnesiac.heapspace.net ([195.54.228.42]:29459 "EHLO amnesiac.heapspace.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750772AbWEZRYE (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 13:24:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:24:02 +0300 From: Daniel Stone To: Jon Smirl Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Kernel design: support for multiple local users Message-ID: <20060526172402.GJ16521@fooishbar.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jon Smirl , lkml References: <9e4733910605260901h6452c795s1c40cf61b47fc69a@mail.gmail.com> <20060526163125.GI16521@fooishbar.org> <9e4733910605261012w1d470b11rbf120d5c0d0d1750@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MGu/vTNewDGZ7tmp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e4733910605261012w1d470b11rbf120d5c0d0d1750@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --MGu/vTNewDGZ7tmp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:12:09PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 5/26/06, Daniel Stone wrote: > >On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 12:01:15PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > >> It is possible to set the current X server up to support this > >> configuration. Using the X server this way has some drawbacks. The X > >> server needs to be run as root. > > > >So far, so good. > > > >> The multiple users are sharing a > >> single X server image so things they do can impact the other users. > > > >No, they're not. >=20 > So if I manage to fault my X server process, they other users a just fine? It's entirely possible, inasmuch as it's entirely possible for a rogue X server to take out the entire machine. When I said that each user's server was a separate process, I wasn't making that bit up. --MGu/vTNewDGZ7tmp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEdzmyRkzMgPKxYGwRAjdZAJsHvDO4A6jNglsqBieITyikSuVHeQCgjHw6 usCFknNEbDV8pZwPVkRKgjg= =F0+r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGu/vTNewDGZ7tmp--