> 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,
> n
> o?

not always, one can have multiple local users
(even if mandrake doesn't want to support it : small user interest ?)

> What about adding this setting only through mplayer, tvtime and other
> packa
> ges 
> 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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> 
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