From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 5b8bc366 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:09:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CAB5B9BA17; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 03:09:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A141F949CB; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 03:09:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0B8ED949CB; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 03:08:58 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 513 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:08:57 AEST Received: from kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (kvm5.telegraphics.com.au [98.124.60.144]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B907F9491E for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 03:08:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [10.210.249.6] (unknown [10.210.249.6]) by kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD86927E66; Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:00:22 -0400 (EDT) To: "Stephan Han." , tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: From: Toby Thain Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:00:21 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Who's behind the UNIX filesystem permission implementation X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2019-07-31 5:59 a.m., Stephan Han. wrote: > Hello Unix enthusiasts. > > I'd like to know who or the group of people behind implementing this > filesystem permission system. > Since we are using this system for nearly 40 years and it addresses all > the aspects of the permission matter without any hustle. It may not address "all aspects" since it has been necessary for some purposes to extend the permission model substantially over time, such as ACLs, SELinux, etc. --Toby > I'm inspired to know who/how came up with this theory? > Also if it derived from somewhere else or If there's an origin story > about this, it would be worth to share. > > Cheers. > Stephan > > -- > No When