Messages in this thread |  | | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Re-nice kswapd B-) | Date | Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:31:59 -0700 (PDT) |
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Andy Walker Spake thusly: > Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > Don't know if anyone has noticed, but you can re-nice kswapd from > > its default value of -15 to whatever you want. > > I guess this is another case of: > > Root wants to shoot himself in the foot; do we: > > a) supply the gun, or > > b) return -EPERM and slap him in the head. > > > > Take your pick. > A gun! A gun! Give him the gun. If root wants to shoot his toes > of then I won't stop him ;-)
If thats the case then why not let the user 'kill -9 1' as well?
-Dan
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