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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:18:32 +0400 (MSD)
From: Michael Vlasov <misha@....matrix.ru>
To: <owl-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: java

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Bill Jaeger wrote:

> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:03:07 -0400
> From: Bill Jaeger <wlj@...erNook.net>
> Reply-To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
> To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
> Subject: Re: java
>
>

Hi !

> Hmmm...I'm not sure that the FAQ you cited is correct.  We've used
> non-chstk'd flavors of Sun's JDK (v1.2.x and v1.3.x) for about two years on
> openwall/hap-enhanced kernels with the non-executable user stack option
> enabled.  We haven't run into any problems with doing so.
>

May be used Sun JDK Version 1.4.x because this version include many
hotfixes and more aplication on Java (as JBoss) works only with this
version .

> -Bill
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Solar Designer [mailto:solar@...nwall.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:22 PM
> > To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
> > Subject: Re: java
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:22:24PM +0300, Kagan Kongar wrote:
> > >
> > > Any success running java apps on Owl?
> >
> > I know that people do, in particular with Oracle installs.  We have one
> > at DataForce, I think with three different versions of JDK for different
> > components of Oracle (not an Owl-specific problem).  I didn't install
> > it myself, so don't know all details.
> >
> > Also note this FAQ entry for the kernel patch (if you're using it and
> > have enabled the non-executable user stack option):
> >
> > Q: Are any applications known to require executable stack and/or the
> > traditional default mmap() address?
> > A: Yes.  JDK 1.3 and XFree86 4.0.1 (only with the commercial
> > nVidia GeForce
> > drivers) have been reported to not work unless chstk'ed.  Many Win32
> > applications and DLL's (such as video codecs) are non-relocateable and
> > must be loaded at their default address which mustn't be already taken
> > by the shared libraries of a Linux application such as Wine or MPlayer.
> > Simply chstk'ing the "wine" and "mplayer" binaries solves this problem.
> >
> > --
> > /sd
> >
>
>

-- 
Michael Vlasov , MICHAEL-RIPN, MVY162-RIPE
http://www.matrix.ru/michael, ICQ#12612617

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