Re: MacOSX -FreeBSD

[Stephen Menard <smenard () nbnet nb ca>]

> > On 2-Dec-04, at 3:32 PM, Randall Craig wrote:
> >
> >     On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:58:02 -0600, Randall Craig
> >     <rgcraig () gmail com> wrote:
> >     Ok I am super duper new to this list and also new to *nix... i will
> >     never go back to M$ ceptin for gaming purposes... I am running on OS
> >     X.3.3 and was wanting to know if the Security Alert pertaining to
> >     FreeBSD would also affect my system. I know that BSD is running
> >     underneath OS X... I am fairly sure that Apple is aware of it by
> >     now-.
> >     thnx

From Mac OS X Developer technotes
only reference gdb    access to /proc
_maybe_ there is a compatibility layer there ;
key word _compatibilityLayer_

try   from the terminal
>man fstab

`procfs.c'
   This contains the /target_ops vector/ that supports Unix child
   processes on systems which use /proc to control the child.



BSD 4.4 man page _bottom_

*FILES*
    /dev                    special files and device names
    /var/run/dev.db         /dev name database
    /var/db/kvm_kernel.db  system namelist database
    /proc                   the mount point of procfs(5)

*SEE* *ALSO*
    kill(1) <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/kill.1.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/1/kill>, w(1) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/w.1.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/1/w>, kvm(3) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/kvm.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/kvm>, strftime(3) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/strftime.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/strftime>, procfs(5), pstat(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/pstat.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/pstat>

*BUGS*
    Since *ps* cannot run faster than the system and is run as any other sched-scheduled
    uled process, the information it displays can never be exact.


4th Berkeley Distribution       April 18, 1994       4th Berkeley Distribution


ALTHOUGH   there is a DARWIN Man Page highlighting procfs
You should check to see if it matches the MacOSX man page for fstab
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FSTAB(5)                    BSD File Formats Manual                   FSTAB(5)

*NAME*
    *fstab* - static information about the filesystems

*SYNOPSIS*
    *#include* *<**fstab.h**>*

*DESCRIPTION*
    The file *fstab* contains descriptive information about the various file
    systems.  *fstab* is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty
    of the system administrator to properly create and maintain this file.
    Each filesystem is described on a separate line; fields on each line are
    separated by tabs or spaces.  The order of records in *fstab* is important
    because diskarbitrationd(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/diskarbitrationd.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/diskarbitrationd>, 
fsck(8) <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/fsck.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/fsck>, mount(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/mount.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/mount>, and umount(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/umount.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/umount> sequen-sequentially
    tially iterate through *fstab* doing their thing.

    The first field, (_fs_*_*_spec_), describes the block special device, the local
    filesystem, or the remote filesystem to be mounted.  The diskarbitrationd
    program supports the identification of a local filesystem uniquely by its
    UUID or by its volume name, irrespective of hardware configuration and of
    hardware parallelism, using the constructs ``UUID'' and ``LABEL''.

    The second field, (_fs_*_*_file_), describes the mount point for the filesys-filesystem.
    tem.  For swap partitions, this field should be specified as ``none''.

    The third field, (_fs_*_*_vfstype_), describes the type of the filesystem.  The
    system currently supports these types of filesystems:

           _ufs_           a local UNIX filesystem

           _nfs_           a Sun Microsystems compatible ``Network File System''

           _swap_          a disk partition to be used for swapping

           _msdos_   a DOS compatible filesystem

           _cd9660_  a CD-ROM filesystem (as per ISO 9660)

           _procfs_  a file system for accessing process data

           _kernfs_  a file system for accessing kernel parameters

           _fdesc_   an implementation of /dev/fd

           _union_   a translucent filesystem

    The fourth field, (_fs_*_*_mntops_), describes the mount options associated
    with the filesystem.  It is formatted as a comma separated list of
    options.  It contains at least the type of mount (see _fs_*_*_type_ below) plus
    any additional options appropriate to the filesystem type.

    The option ``auto'' can be used in the ``noauto'' form to cause a file
    system not to be mounted automatically (with ``mount -a'', or system boot
    time).

    The type of the mount is extracted from the _fs_*_*_mntops_ field and stored
    separately in the _fs_*_*_type_ field (it is not deleted from the _fs_*_*_mntops_
    field).  If _fs_*_*_type_ is ``rw'' or ``ro'' then the filesystem whose name is
    given in the _fs_*_*_file_ field is normally mounted read-write or read-only on
    the specified special file.  If _fs_*_*_type_ is ``sw'' then the special file
    is made available as a piece of swap space by the swapon(8) command at
    the end of the system reboot procedure.  The fields other than _fs_*_*_spec_
    and _fs_*_*_type_ are unused.  If _fs_*_*_type_ is specified as ``xx'' the entry is
    ignored.  This is useful to show disk partitions which are currently
    unused.

    The fifth field, (_fs_*_*_freq_), is used for these filesystems by the dump(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/dump.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/dump>
    command to determine which filesystems need to be dumped.   If the fifth
    field is not present, a value of zero is returned and dump will assume
    that the filesystem does not need to be dumped.

    The sixth field, (_fs_*_*_passno_), is used by the fsck(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/fsck.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/fsck> 
program to determine
    the order in which filesystem checks are done at reboot time.  The root
    filesystem should be specified with a _fs_*_*_passno_ of 1, and other filesys-filesystems
    tems should have a _fs_*_*_passno_ of 2.     Filesystems within a drive will be
    checked sequentially, but filesystems on different drives will be checked
    at the same time to utilize parallelism available in the hardware.   If
    the sixth field is not present or zero, a value of zero is returned and
    fsck will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked.

    #define FSTAB_RW         "rw"    /* read-write device */
    #define FSTAB_RO         "ro"    /* read-only device */
    #define FSTAB_SW         "sw"    /* swap device */
    #define FSTAB_XX         "xx"    /* ignore totally */

    struct fstab {
             char    *fs_spec;       /* block special device name */
             char    *fs_file;       /* filesystem path prefix */
             char    *fs_vfstype;    /* type of filesystem */
             char    *fs_mntops;     /* comma separated mount options */
             char    *fs_type;       /* rw, ro, sw, or xx */
             int     fs_freq;        /* dump frequency, in days */
             int     fs_passno;      /* pass number on parallel fsck */
    };

    The proper way to read records from _fstab_ is to use the routines
    getfsent(3) <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/getfsent.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/getfsent>, 
getfsspec(3) <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/getfsspec.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/getfsspec>, 
getfstype(3) <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/getfstype.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/getfstype>, 
and getfsfile(3) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/getfsfile.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/getfsfile>.

*FILES*
    /etc/fstab   The file *fstab* resides in _/etc_.

*SEE* *ALSO*
    getfsent(3) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/getfsent.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/getfsent>, 
diskarbitrationd(8) 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/diskarbitrationd.8.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/8/diskarbitrationd>

*HISTORY*
    The *fstab* file format appeared in 4.0BSD.

Darwin                          March 28, 2002                          Darwin

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SVR4 Process information


Many versions of SVR4 provide a facility called `/proc' that can be used 
to examine the image of a running process using file-system subroutines. 
If GDB is configured for an operating system with this facility, the 
command |info proc| is available to report on several kinds of 
information about the process running your program. |info proc| works 
only on SVR4 systems that include the |procfs| code. This includes OSF/1 
(Digital Unix), Solaris, Irix, and Unixware, but not HP-UX or GNU/Linux, 
for example.

|info proc|
     Summarize available information about the process.  
|info proc mappings|
   Report on the address ranges accessible in the program, with
   information on whether your program may read, write, or execute each
   range. 


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Mac OS X implements

Beneath the appealing, easy-to-use interface of Mac OS X is a rock-solid 
foundation that is engineered for stability, reliability, and 
performance. This foundation is a core operating system commonly known 
as Darwin. Darwin integrates a number of technologies, most importantly 
Mach 3.0, operating-system services based on 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software 
Distribution), high-performance networking facilities, and support for 
multiple integrated file systems.