Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Unix files should have both real and effective ids for files too Message-ID: <1990Dec11.130929.13598@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 11 Dec 90 13:09:29 GMT References: <109958@convex.convex.com> <14526:Dec711:12:5790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 14 In article pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes: > >Files should be like processes and have BOTH an effective and a real >user id. Accounting would be based on the real id, and protection on the >effective id. > And next thing we will want processes to have a real real id, an effective real id, a real effective id and an effective effective id. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940