[openbeosstorage] Re: session module

"Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Seriously, you can install a kernel module that registers as a 
> > reparse 
> > point handler - if that's a virus or not, will probably be your 
> > problem, as always.
> Yes, a kernel module is fine, I think. If you can install those (once 
> we have multi-user (if that will ever happen)), you have full access 
> to 
> the machine anyway.

Exactly (right now we can be glad that BeOS has so few users that want 
to program virii for it ;-))

> > I have not yet decided if and how that service should be exported 
> > to 
> > userland (in a generic way).
> > For example there could be a flag for the fs=3D3D5Fmount=3D3D5Fvolume() 
> > command 
> > that will cause a sticky reparse point to be created.
> And how to get rid of it again=3D3F
> You certainly want to add functions to add/remove(/list=3D3F) them=3D3F!

Not sure about that - of course, they can be removed in the kernel, but 
I am sure about that in userland.
I think a manual unmount or deletion of the file/directory with the 
reparse point would also remove it.
It that turns out to be a little too less, we can still add it, but I 
don't consider it right now.

Adios...
   Axel.

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