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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Fri 05 Aug 2005 - 20:40:22 BST


On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 09:20:45PM +0200, Andreas John wrote:
> Hello!
>
> my secondy trivial question is about a context.
> I used context "42" for vserver build. I assume every context can be
> associated with certain rights, i.e. linux capabilities. So do I have to
> set an own context for every guest or do I set up a one context for
> every "class" of vhost?

the context id (xid) is the essential criterion for
context isolation, so same xid, same context and
all process will see eachother ...

> So, if my first guest is called "foo" with context "42" and I create a
> second one called e.g. "OBORONA" - do I set this also to conext "42" or
> better a "17" to avoid access to the same devices?

separate guests -> separate contexts (usually) so
that they do not interfere with eachother ...

HTH,
Herbert

PS: thread hijacking is a bad idea ... why not start
your own next time (for all thos folks using a threaded
mail client)

> Rgds,
> Andreas
>
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