Ainsi parlait Juan Quintela :
> >>>>> "olivier" == Olivier Blin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> # RTC resolution
> >> dev.rtc.max-user-freq = 1024
> >>
> >> Could this setting be added in default sysctl.conf ?
>
> olivier> Thanks, but shouldn't this be the default in default security
> level ? olivier> RTC works fine, but sysctl.conf need to be tweaked.
> olivier> IMHO, the user shouldn't have to do that.
>
> Problem is that in a multiuser system, if you allow the value 1024,
> you can create a DOS if several users use that.
I guess most multimedia applications are only usable by local user, not a
remote one, which means only one at a time. This should reduce DOS risks, no?
What about adding this setting only through mplayer, tvtime and other packages
requiring it %post/%postun facilities ?
> Default value of 64 should be enough except for single-user machines
> running an _almost_ real time application. And yes, for today
> machines, mplayer is still real-time like application.
Not sure to understand what you mean there.
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