On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:55:40AM -0500, Andrew Langmead wrote: > On Dec 5, 2004, at 2:26 PM, Gyepi SAM wrote: > > >The main disadvantage I have found is that you cannot run commands > >which > >require real root privileges. For instance: iptables does not work and > >init > >is really a fake init which cannot be controlled. > > Thank you for pointing that out. I assumed that I would be able to use > iptables on the virtual interface (to do things like prevent the > machine from initiating network connections.) > > Maybe I need to do more experimenting with user-mode so I'm not making > assumptions on what it can or can't do.
As I mentioned in a follow-up message, my provider actually uses Virtuozzo and not UML as I originally stated. According to John West, in a private email, neither of those limitations exist on his UML based VPS. Further investigation has also revealed that the iptables limitation, at least, is merely a provider policy: they don't include iptables support in the VPS kernels. I guess the lesson here is: don't use my provider if you really want full control of your environment! -Gyepi _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
