Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:05:29 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Horst von Brand wrote: > syscall numbers are just arbitrary descriptors, on which the kernel and > libc have to agree. That is all. No policy involved. If you say "Thou > shallst not use syscall <insert favorite syscall number here> unless thou > art root" _that_ is policy. Set by POSIX, in this case, _not_ the kernel.
What does POSIX say about policy on sockets <1024 ?
-Dan
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