Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Modifying kernel so that non-root users have some root capabilities | From | David T Hollis <> | Date | Tue, 25 May 2004 10:57:38 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 15:21 -0700, Laughlin, Joseph V wrote: > (not sure if this is a duplicate or not.. Apologies in advance.) > > I've been tasked with modifying a 2.4 kernel so that a non-root user can > do the following: > > Dynamically change the priorities of processes (up and down) > Lock processes in memory > Can change process cpu affinity > > Anyone got any ideas about how I could start doing this? (I'm new to > kernel development, btw.) > > Thanks, > It's these sorts of things that make Windows so unstable. As others have suggested, the considerably safer alternatives have already surfaced, been around, had the tires kicked etc. in the form of setuid, sudo, or kernel capabilities. Some of these things may even be possible from SELinux, but I'm not certain.
-- David T Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com>
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