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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Unix bigotry
Message-ID: <2693@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 11 Jan 89 16:32:12 GMT
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I'm a UNIX Zealot, and I lust after access control lists... BUT...

I don't see any conflict there. UNIX is just a programming model. There's no
reason you can't have an operating system that supports those 30 or so
core system calls... and can thus run UNIX software... that has any file
security you want. I don't care what the thing looks like underneath, so
long as I can run my UNIX programs and never have to parse weird file
names (like PROJECTS*PETER.ALARMS/FOR(-1) or _DRA0:[USERS.PETER]ALARMS.FOR;32
or SY0:[310,320]ALARMS.FOR;2).

And I really need a version of the bourne shell, for scripts, though I
guess REXX would do in a pinch.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
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