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From: dkc@hotlr.ATT (Dave Cornutt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Shared Memory in BSD4.3 is lacking?
Message-ID: <202@hotlr.ATT>
Date: 8 Mar 88 13:49:21 GMT
References: <12137@brl-adm.ARPA> <17584@think.UUCP>
Organization: Not much, but I'm working on it
Lines: 19
Summary: you can't do anything with VMS without a privilege

In article <17584@think.UUCP>, barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) writes:
> In article <12137@brl-adm.ARPA> rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) writes:
> >   Trivia bowl time (related to another comp.unix.wizards topic).  Some have
> >   argued that a great way to access shared-memory regions is through the
> >   filesystem namespace.  Well, there is at least one operating system out
> >   there that does just that.  Which OS is that?
> >   [sound of Jeopardy theme music...]

VMS, of course.  There's just one small problem...to create a global
segment, you need a *privilege*.

Can you say INSTALL?  I knew you could.  (If you're a VMS admin,
you probably get lots of practice.)

-- 
Dave Cornutt, AT&T Bell Labs (rm 4A406), Holmdel, NJ (Note new address!)
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