Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Dec 1999 23:35:40 +0100 (CET) | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | Re: Ok, making ready for pre-2.4 and code-freeze.. |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:
> PS: Imagine uid split into 24:8 bits, when X:0 is user than can do > anything X:1-255 uid's can do. X:1 can not kill processes by "user" > X:2. And now, every user gets X:0 initially, and can decide to run > subprocesses under X:... uid's.
But your $HOME would be a nightmare then. You need also the ability chown your files/directories and to create groups, assign members to it (your "other" uids ;)) and possibly destroy them.
Did you solve this, too?
Regards
Ingo Oeser -- Feel the power of the penguin - run linux@your.pc <esc>:x
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