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Re: Idea for a new Linux-related site



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On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Shlomi Fish wrote:

> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 12:32:41 +0200 (IST)
> From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@techst02.technion.ac.il>
> To: linux-il@linux.org.il
> Subject: Idea for a new Linux-related site
> 
> 
> Hi, I have an idea about a Linux-related site that I'd like to share with
> you. Let me know what you think about it.
> 
> The page will be called "The Linux Kernel Experiments Page". It will
> feature several small or medium-sized patches of the Linux kernel with
> detailed explanations about how they were programmed and integrated into
> the existing kernel code.
> 
> The purpose of the site is to help would-be kernel hackers and other
> people who are interested in knowing more about the kernel organization.
> Some preliminary ideas for patches:
> 
> * Implement the Win95'-like '...' '....' etc. directory directives. In
> 95's DOS windows 'cd ...' is equivalent to 'cd ../..'; 'cd ....' can
> replace 'cd ../../..' and so forth. The patch will make the open, cwd and
> other file-system related system calls accept those aliases.
> 
> * Support for NetBIOS' named-pipes and mailslots I/O by using ANSI
> file-handles and functions (read(), write() ).
> 
> * Anonymous mailslots: a special type of anonymous pipes that also keeps
> track of the size of the packets that were written to it. One can query
> the number of buffers, the size in bytes of the next buffer and other
> information by calling ioctl().
> 
> * Various permission games: allowing a certain user to have root
> capabilities regarding file I/O, while remaining fully restricted when it
> comes to module-loading, process-killing and so forth. Allowing a group of
> users to mount filesystems within their home directories.
> 
> So what do you people think about it?
> 
> 	Shlomi Fish
> 
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