Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 22:52:34 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Removing #ifdefs on LOGIN_CAP? Message-ID: <20001221225234.J40549@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001218133417.71838C-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <200012181833.NAA22274@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001218133417.71838C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >I'd like to migrate all the programs that literally manipulate user or >login contexts to using well-defined entry points for doing so, reducing >code redundancy, as well as the opportunity for inconsistency and error. >It also opens the door for additional work relating to PAM and user >context management with information sourced from directory services, which >is nice. That will probably mean leaving some tools setuid and setgid >while we work on a better answer. Presumably that better answer will include some sort of accommodation for third-party software that is mired in old Unix assumptions? Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at "You realize there's a government directive stating that there is no such thing as a flying saucer?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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