On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 09:19:04AM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Make a guest account default on any Debian system. Same effect. > > > > Just for the record: No standard unix guest account can clone the > > flexibility > > of the not logged in user on the Hurd. > > Why is that?
Because the fourth permission set for the not logged in user is independant from the others. (I think you can do a lot with frobbing groups and group ownerships on unix, but on the Hurd you can do all this and have an additional permission set :) > And would file access lists give even more flexibility? > (Sorry if this has already been explained and I missed it.) Probably, although I don't know what it is. Maybe you want to implement it as a translator (would perhaps fit into shadowfs concept). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
