Problems with 1.0.5

From: ao@morpork.shnet.org (A. Ott)
Subject: Problems with 1.0.5
Date: 30 Oct 1998 19:48:00 +0100

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Hi to you!

So far, all problems I had reported for this version were minor compiling  
or understanding problems and a problem with rm -r hangs.

Compiling:
- include of sys/types.h in syscalls.c made trouble: Throw it out. It's a
  leftover from 1.0.3...
- quotaops.h complained about undefined current: Move include of sched.h
  before include of quotaops.h in aci_data_structures.c and
  pm_data_structures.h

Understanding:
- The models. Well, there are descriptions in Documentation/rsbac and on
  the web page. I know they are not excessive though.
- Access to /rsbac dir: This dir is meant to be inaccessible and heavily
  protected even in maintenance kernels. Everything in here has to be
  changed by syscalls via admin tools or by proc interface.

Hangs:
- I have no idea why rm -r on a dir hangs. But I hope to find out.
- If lists get too long and the system is under load, it can hang and
  disable disk accesses. After reset, a fsck is necessary and attribute
  lists can be corrupted. So rather increase the number of lists in
  include/rsbac/aci_data_structures.h, if you get 'list to long' messages
  in syslog.

Any other problems?

Amon.

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