[Info-vax] How do I make zip, unzip etc. available to all users?
abrsvc
dansabrservices at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 9 10:30:52 EST 2016
> Live patches have been around for Unix for a while with now-at-Oracle
> Ksplice, and similar capabilities has been added to Linux 4. That
> kernel patching infrastructure is, of course, a non-trivial part of how
> far behind OpenVMS is, in this area. OpenVMS can't manage to unload
> device drivers, for that matter.
I'm not convinced that allowing kernel level patching is a god thing with a running system. Doesn't that provide a rather large invitation to problems? How much easier would it be to install viruses at the OS level should this be allowed?
Dan
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