Re: Two suggestions (loop and owner's of linux tree)

James Sutherland (jas88@cam.ac.uk)
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:57:45 +0100 (BST)


On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Lukasz Trabinski wrote:

> In article <1003933278.1496.6.camel@LNX.iNES.RO> you wrote:
> >> I would like to suggest to change max_loop from 8 to 16 or more if it
> >> possible.
>
> > max_loop=16 in your kernel command line if you use loop builtin or:
> > options loop max_loop=16 in /etc/modules.conf if you use it as an
> > module.
>
> I know about this option, but I think limit max=16 is much better.

I disagree: presumably increasing the limit takes resources, in which case
a fairly low default is best.

> > chmod -R root.root linux/

errr. chown perhaps? :)

> > after you have unpacked the tarball.
>
> Unnecessarily extra command :) Sometimes I can forget about this and then
> user with uid 1046 can modify my kernel source.

Just give UID 1046 to a new user, "linus" :)

James.

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