Messages in this thread | | | From | Måns Rullgård <> | Subject | Re: [RFD] 'nice' attribute for executable files | Date | Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:12:21 +0200 |
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Wiktor <victorjan@poczta.onet.pl> writes:
> Horst von Brand wrote: >> Even better: Write a C wrapper for each affected program that just >> renices >> it as needed. > > I suggest to implement scalable solution, so the final user wont't > have to write separate wrapper for *each* program. universal wrapper > is better solution, but (now i know, that implementing something that > can be dangerous if used incorrectly is so evil, that only the devil > could have proposed it) it forces use of database (that normally would > be kept in filesystem's file metadata)
A userspace solution could still use POSIX extended attributes.
> and if some-malicious-person would have accessed it in write mode > (as result of wrong file permissions), the system performerance > would be in danger. in my solution, there is per-file attribute, > accessible only for root, and if hacker has root permissions, > existence of nice attribute is meaningless.
You forgot something: this idea of yours needs to be implemented, tested, and debugged. Those things take time, and effort, and are still of very little value.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com
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