[plug] Linus didn't write Linux (some idiot says so)

[Shayne O'Neill]

Oh look man. I agree SCO unix is an arcane old dinosour. My point was,
that for what its worth, it used to be a reasonably solid old system. More
to the point, I'd like to see all operating systems made free (I probably
shouldnt of said public domain there).

The unix I learned on was System V. And I do have some fond memories about
that.... er.... like figuring out how to get root by exploiting terminal
insecurity on login. and discovering to my joy that under certain  conditions
that suid(0) can actually be made to work!! Thems where the days.
Shit, at my old tafe, one of the unix boxes had the root password
'password'. Twas little wonder I got in so much trouble all the time those
days.... well that and my refusal to comprehend cobol. Well, that was ten
years ago, and for what its worth, I'd still love to fiddle around inside
unix propper and decode a few mysteries that I'd still love answers for...
like why the hell anyone could get suid(0) root just by asking  for 2
seconds after a root user OR process logged in. madness writ large.



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On Fri, 21 May 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 13:30, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
>
> > The reality was, linux didnt steal the code, and unix didnt suck. I
> > learned on unix, and still reserve a place in my heart for it (someone
> > PLEASE buy out SCO and donate that o/s to the public domain plllleease.
>
> Nostalga or no, why would you possibly want to inflict SCO Unix on
> yourself? I have the misfortune of having to operate an OpenServer
> system, and while I give it high marks for stability when not used for
> much, it's a nightmare to do _anything_ with. It does have a very nice
> admin interface ... when it works - it tends to break unrecoverably if
> you hit a bug, and that program may never work properly again.
>
> Change IP address? RELINK THE KERNEL AND REBOOT. It almost feels like
> win9x.
>
> The PPP system is appalling - a hideous mix of uucp and MorningStar PPP.
> We need a cron job to kill and restart lpd every night because it goes
> "quirky" after a while. The shell ... well, if you like original berkley
> shell you'll be happy.
>
> Skunkware to the rescue!
>
> If you really want OpenServer, surely FreeSCO is still around. I think I
> have some FreeSCO discs here somewhere, actually, so if you're desperate
> give me a yell and license permitting, I'll send copies your way, along
> with a Skunk '97 CD so you can actually _use_ the darn thing for
> something useful. I reserve the right to call you completely insane for
> wanting them, though ;-)
>
> I learned UNIX on OpenServer, and it's just made me appreciate Linux all
> the more.
>
> Craig Ringer
>
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