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SubjectRe: Implementing a dynamic root id
kernel@vdr.qc.ca wrote:
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> ... We could dynamicly
> alocate the root ID. ... Am I out of my mind ... ?

Well, maybe. You're suggesting a scheme which has a number
of problems WRT file ownerships and so forth. A system with
a disempowered root (uid 0 not privileged) and a full-up
capability mechanism would be better. Some of the "Trusted"
systems tried changing the ownerships of system files away
from root and found a horrid nest of assumptions in applications.

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