> In message <199607182022.PAA10655@nixnet.qrp.com>, Nathan.Lewis@nixnet.qrp.com
> writes:
> >On 18 Jul 96 at 1:19, Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>
> >wrote:
> >
> >Is there any reason /dev/zero should be readable by normal users,
>
> It is needed to map-in zero filled pages for the dynamic linker.
Well...I also tried the dd trick on my humble little 486-33, and other
than eat about 85% of the CPU time, slowing things down even more,
nothing terrible happened.
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