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SubjectRe: Ok, making ready for pre-2.4 and code-freeze..
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:

> PS: Imagine uid split into 24:8 bits, when X:0 is user than can do
> anything X:1-255 uid's can do. X:1 can not kill processes by "user"
> X:2. And now, every user gets X:0 initially, and can decide to run
> subprocesses under X:... uid's.

But your $HOME would be a nightmare then. You need also the
ability chown your files/directories and to create groups, assign
members to it (your "other" uids ;)) and possibly destroy them.

Did you solve this, too?

Regards

Ingo Oeser
--
Feel the power of the penguin - run linux@your.pc
<esc>:x


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