From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Nielsen To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] fs administration: how do people update multi-user fs? Message-ID: <20030215043954.GO73079@cassie.foobarbaz.net> References: <20030215025641.GK73079@cassie.foobarbaz.net> <20030215031316.24240.qmail@f.bio.cse.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030215031316.24240.qmail@f.bio.cse.psu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:39:54 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 618de4b2-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:13:15PM -0500, Scott Schwartz wrote: > > The fileserver has a field for last-person; that's a different idea > than owner. > > On a system with lots of users, maybe you want important files to be > owned by a virtual user in case one of the humans leaves and their > account gets deleted or otherwise needs to have it's power reduced. Very good point. -- Christopher Nielsen - Metal-wielding pyro techie "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin