[openbeos] Re: BFS status update
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:56:34 -0400
At this point, this is really a GlassElevator issue.
BFS supports permissions, as it always did (go team!).
But when we wander into "What would it take for real multiuser support",
which is what this looks like, it becomes a GE issue. :-)
>Wow, so the main issue would be native IPCs (sem, area, port) ?
>(there is a B_CHECK_PERMISSION, but I think it's more a userland/kernel
>flag)
>Ok so I can put the /etc/passwd file back in ;)
>
>En réponse à Nathan Whitehorn <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> > Secondly, I *know* it doesn't respect user permissions, since BeOS
>> > doesn't
>> > support users at all. How are you guys supporting this?
>>
>> Actually, it does respect permissions, and BeOS does support users. You
>>
>> look at the multi-user app I wrote a while back. The kernel respects
>> them with signals and things too (e.g. you can't kill off someone
>> else's process unless you are root)
>> -Nathan
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