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Hello, looking into the issue described in the advisory below I wonder how to tackle this issues. Primarily I ask myself * is there any reason not to filter all physical memory access by default * what would be the appropriate way to change the filter set? a sysctl? Regards Maximillian Dornseif FireWire/IEEE 1394 direct memory access - CAN-2004-1038 Advisory URL: http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html Subject: Potential system compromise by connected FireWire devices CVE #: CAN-2004-1038 Affected: So far all tested Operating Systems with FireWire support Sum...

Dear All, I've read the manual on "Writing R Extensions" and in particular the part on calling R from C. (Most of the manual is about calling C from R, not the other way around.) The good news is that I can now call _some_ R from C, specifically the R functions which have C header files. However it isn't clear to me how to call R functions that are written in R. I

Hello, I was using a bunch of cpios in initramfs as a working system, and wondering why the unused files weren't being paged out to swap. So I reread ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt and now I know. So I wrote the attached utility. It creates a tmpfs, moves all files on the initramfs, moves / and executes the real init. It works, even with hardlinks, but it isn't the correct approach. Have

klibc/scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function 'traps': klibc/scripts/basic/fixdep.c:368: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules klibc/scripts/basic/fixdep.c:370: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules klibc/usr/dash/jobs.c: In function 'sprint_status': klibc/usr/dash/jobs.c:427: warning: format not a string

Hi all ! I have a little problem here mounting or browsing samba shares. I have a FreeBSD 4.6.2 running samba, and a share on that called public. when I try to mount that share it asks for password, and then gives an error: ex. libra# mount_smbfs //maxi@samba/public /mnt Password: mount_smbfs: can't get handle to requester (no /dev/nsmb* device) libra# I can list the shares with

Okay, I've run through all of the tests in the DIAGNOSE, which my 1.9.18p1 SAMBA server (and NT4SP3/W95 clients) pass with flying colours. server box: Linux 2.0.33, gcc 2.7.2.2, libc 5.4.33, shadow, quota on (usr+grp), and my smb.conf is summarised (by testparm output) below: Problem is this: with respect to programs not long filename-aware/compliant, users cannot "double-click" on