Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:05:10 +0200 | From | Alon Bar-Lev <> | Subject | Re: [Question] LinuxThreads, setuid - Is there user mode hook? |
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Luke-Jr wrote: > On Friday 23 December 2005 20:33, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > >>Applications have to run on existing platforms and work with existing >>software, as I'm sure you know. If someone anywhere in the food chain >>isn't ready for NPTL, a project can easily be stuck with LT for another >>few years. > > > Not sure about NPTL support in non-Linux-based operating systems (Solaris, > BSD, etc), but I'd be surprised if they supported LinuxThreads. Thus, > shouldn't NPTL really result in a *more* portable application? >
Yes... This is my first recommendation... But what if the user does not want to upgrade?
Well... I understand that I am left with the following options: 1. upgrade to NPTL 2. My implementation of querying the main in a separate thread. 3. don't use setuid
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