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it's worth noting that although the user isn't authenticated, in the sense
of checking a password (though you could add it if need be, i suppose),
disk/kfs does still check permissions against the user name
and associated groups, reducing the scope for accidents.


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In article <cej-1010816162318.A01284@cejchan.gli.cas.cz> you write:
>Hmm... sounds like there is no way how to authenticate a user on a singlr
>plan9 machine, am I right?

Yup, that's basically it.

	- Dan C.

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