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wxallowed flag is required for some ports that write to pages that are also executable. OpenBSD prohibits this except when code is run from a partition that pe
by j_not_j 3y ago
wxallowed flag is required for some ports that write to pages that are also executable.
OpenBSD prohibits this except when code is run from a partition that permits it by means of a mount flag. Otherwise you get a core dump.
And all the partitions are largely an availability feature: if errant code fills up /var/log then /home is still usable.
- doublerabbit 3y agoOh right. I've just never encountered such issues in the years I've been using FreeBSD, with /usr/local being one big partition. I'm aware of that if no partitions are filled it causes an domino effect if not on its own partition. I have ZFS quotas configured so surely that mitigates the issue? Handy to know though.
- lproven 3y agoYou are replying to a comment about OPEN BSD, not FreeBSD.
- doublerabbit 3y agoYeah I know. Tyvm
- lproven 3y agoThen I don't see your point here at all. "On platform X, you must do A." "Huh, weird, that's never affected me using (thing that only runs on platform B)."