Messages in this thread |  | | From | Olaf Titz <> | Subject | Re: crashme crashes 2.0.20 with guarantee :-( | Date | 26 Sep 1996 00:01:12 +0200 |
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Boris Tobotras <tobotras@jet.msk.su> wrote: > > Aieee, you ran crashme as root and it learned how to load a kernel > > module! > But this should not result in kernel panic. Ancient unixish > design requires running many programs with root privileges,
So let's overcome the ancient designs... (that's _application_, not kernel design)
> and bugs > in them should not crash the system.
cp somelargefile /dev/kmem will crash every Un*x. It's designed that way. ;-) root has a loaded gun, so he can shoot himself in the foot in any way he likes.
olaf -- ___ Olaf.Titz@inka.de or @{stud,informatik}.uni-karlsruhe.de ____ __ o <URL:http://www.inka.de/~bigred/> <IRC:praetorius> __/<_ >> Just as long as the wheels keep on turning round _)>(_)______________ I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down << ____
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