gdsNov 13

Tried installing my first non-linux unix the other day. Here are some impressive things about #openbsd :

- Partitions. ~By default, files aren't allowed to be both writable and executable. So `chmod 777` only works in /usr/local~ EDIT: apparently I misunderstood this one.

- The man pages are way more complete than many linux distros. `man afterboot` and `man 8 intro` are great.

- Nice unified service management without the complexity of systemd

- There's a CLI that'll just make RAID volumes for you.

- Nothing more complex than it needs to be. No openssl, only libressl. No sudo, only doas.

- The kernel drivers for recording audio and video by default only record silence and blackness. You need to make a sysctl.conf change if you want to un-blind your laptop. This is both privacy-conscious and hella goth.

Show threadMiod VallatNov 13

@totherme I'm afraid you have slightly misunderstood the writable/executable restrictions.

You can chmod 777 a file anywhere (if you own it).

But unless your partition is mounted with the wxallowed option, binaries are not allowed to have areas with both write and execute permission in memory while running.

Show threadgds

@miodvallat thanks!

Is there a good place I can read more about this?

Nov 13 at 1:06pmWeb
Show threadMiod VallatNov 13
@totherme The behaviour of the wxallowed mount option is described in the mount(8) manual page.
Show threadgdsNov 13

@miodvallat Thanks!

I'm still getting used to navigating the manpages to find what I want, but that makes sense.