> 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. > -- > Field experience is something you don't get until just after you need it > -- Murphy's Bush Fire Brigade Laws n�19 > > -- COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test -------------------------------------------------- 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualit�tssieger! 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. e-Post
