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SubjectRe: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)
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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