> Neal Becker wrote:
> >
> > I'm interested in an embedded 386 ROM-based linux. Any pointers?
>
> Hi!
> I am also interested in the usage of Linux'es multi-tasking kernel,
> without the multi-users capabilities. Has any work been done about
> these issues?
> Thanx, gil-ad@inter.net.il
>
Depends upon what issues. If you boot with init=/bin/bash, you have a
single user multitasking machine. "init" can be any program that you
want to write.
This means that you can make anything you want, simple to complex, with
the capability of doing all the "Unix" things. I use this technique for
our name-server. It is secure because all it does is serve names. One
can't execute a shell because there isn't any. In this case, "init" is
a simple program that execs stuff necessary to set up the network, then
it overwrites itself with named/bind.
Cheers,
DJ
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Richard B. Johnson
Analogic Corporation
Email : rjohnson@analogic.com, johnson@analogic.com
Penguin : Linux version 2.1.44 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips).
Warning : It's hard to stay on the trailing edge of technology.
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