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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Tue,  6 May 2008 15:55:35 -0400
To: weigelt@metux.de, 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] p9p/linux factotum port
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> Hi folks,
>
> is anyone already working on an factotum port to p9p or native Linux ?
>
> I've just wrote a patch to Linux kernel which allows changing
> another process' privileges (uid, etc). The /dev/caphash and
> /dev/capuse devices (IMHO) can be simulated from userspace.
>

factotum has been running for years on linux, though it doesn't
bother interacting with the kernel or pam.

- erik