[bug #17341] booting a sub-hurd as non-root user

[Thomas Schwinge]

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                 Summary: booting a sub-hurd as non-root user
                 Project: The GNU Hurd
            Submitted by: tschwinge
            Submitted on: Sunday 08/06/06 at 16:48
                Category: Hurd
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: Confirmed
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Reproducibility: Every Time
              Size (loc): None
         Planned Release: None
                  Effort: 0.00

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<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2006-08/msg00006.html>


Booting a sub-hurd as a non-root user doesn't work, but is supposed to.

#v+
$ boot -D subhurd subhurd/boot/script.boot subhurd.ext2fs
boot: /hurd/ext2fs.static: mach_port_insert_right: (os/kern) invalid value
                                                                         
mach error
#v-

(The terminal is in a messed state afterwards and has to be reset by e.g.
`reset'.)

Booting with `sudo boot ...' works.


Roland: ``I vaguely recall there being some strange complexities in doing it,
like proc not having the host-priv port.  If you investigate the failure,
we'll remember what the issues are.''




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