From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] 'wall' messages Message-ID: <20031007124103.J4625@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <00d301c38cb8$b5d6f320$c901a8c0@cc77109e> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <00d301c38cb8$b5d6f320$c901a8c0@cc77109e>; from Bruce Ellis on Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 07:50:08PM +1000 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:41:07 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 650ab754-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 07:50:08PM +1000, Bruce Ellis wrote: > > absolute horseshit. i guess you don't understand that the namepace > of the user is in their terminal p9, not on the cpu server. as for your > claims about user priv, well you don't understand auth either. > On the other hand, a reply that explains that the namespace is sacred and inviolate, otherwise users cannot trust the operating system, that security in Plan 9 hinges on the absence of superior privilege (root user) which prevents malicious users from being able to hijack the CPU server, that "eve" and not "bootes" is allowed to provide a trampoline for a user to access a file server, all these things make better archive material than tirades about lack of understanding. Just my opinion, of course. Also, in passing, Jim Choate is not very active on the Lego Robotics mailing list, but I've found most of his comments there (I ought to shut up, oughtn't I? Maybe I'll unsubscribe from there, now) to be a lot less inflammatory than here. Mostly useful, only occasionally unhelpful. Never really insulting. For what it's worth... ++L