Re: 3.0 wishlist Was: Overview of 2.2.x goals?

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:53:48 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Dan Hollis wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, linux kernel account wrote:
> > * Ext2fs (call it ext3 perhaps) improvements:
>
> Logging or journaling filesystem. Desperately needed for mission critical
> servers. Any ideas how long it takes to e2fsck a 16gb filesystem after a
> crash? :-/

Not as long as a 30GB one. We have a scheduled power outage tommrow, I'm
praying it unmounts cleanly.

> > * Anti-exec-stack option
>
> We *really* need this. Doesn't solaris already have it?

This and the symlink patch (tunable at least to: off, in +t directories,
or in any directories).

> > * MD5 pwfiles. (pam?)
>
> pam already does this.

And quite well IMO.
-Rob