Re: Suggested dual human/binary interface for proc/devfs

From: Ion Badulescu (ionut@moisil.cs.columbia.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 14 2000 - 23:42:20 EST


On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:

> > The chown-ing on console login (or some similar method
> > through devfs/devfsd) is the cleanest way to do this.
>
> If that is the cleanest way, I'd hate to see the less clean ways.

If putting custom checks for custom GID's in the kernel is your idea of
"clean way"... I'd suggest turning to Microsoft or one of the
implement-everything-the-customer-suggests Unix vendors for your needs.

Ion

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