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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] the meaning of group
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:49:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e54bfa6a1034d7d174e5d2deffd4721f@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b97ed081ef4f66fcf0eaffc4b24adfd7@terzarima.net>

> 
> in your case, however, a simple scheme might have the kernel (or just a device) accept a ctl request that added
> or removed a user name from a local group table, and then system start up script(s) would load the table from some agreed source
> (and presumably one that's adequately reliable).  i think something like that was mentioned,
> if not discussed, many months ago on the list.
> 

without any agreed-upon or secure arbiter of groups which tracks centralized
information, this does not seem like a good idea to me.

i apologize if this has been discussed before.

- erik


  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-28 22:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-28 19:57 erik quanstrom
2008-01-28 20:29 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-01-28 20:33   ` erik quanstrom
2008-01-28 22:10     ` Charles Forsyth
2008-01-28 22:49       ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2008-01-28 23:06         ` Charles Forsyth
2008-01-28 23:35           ` erik quanstrom
2008-01-29  5:28             ` Bruce Ellis
2008-01-29 15:58             ` roger peppe

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