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SubjectRe: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device alloc ation) )
Horst von Brand wrote:

> > /etc/passwd, /etc/group
>
> Those describe users and groups, not permissions per se.

consider them a dynamic group of permissions which identify who's got the
rights to what files (excuse me, anything resembling files which does also
include sockets and pipe creatures), and this is as dynamic as any other
config file.

-d

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