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Re: RFC: PPP over X

To: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RFC: PPP over X
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:08:14 +1100
Cc: Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mitchell Blank Jr <mitch@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, axboe@xxxxxxx, Mark Spencer <markster@xxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>, Marc Boucher <marc@xxxxxxx>, Ben LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, jamal wrote:

> Would there still be a race if multiple root processes tried to grab the
> channel?

Yes, but then you can implement access controls at user level, in pppd or
whatever, to make sure the race doesn't happen.

> Ok, but then do we want this to be part of 2.2?

Potentially, it would be up to Alan Cox and Linus.

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