Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:05:59 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: When login class? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971026120234.26240A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199710261220.MAA12475@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > Am I correct in believing that the current login class concept was > > introduced in 4.4BSD? Otherwise, where did it come from? > > I don't think it's a 4.4BSDism. David Nugent added it a while ago > (davidn@FreeBSD.org). The class concept was added in 4.4. At least 4.4 added add the extra field in the passwd file for it. It definitely was not implmented in 4.4, but it could have been defined. I know that BSDI 2.1 (or perhaps 2.0) was the first to use the class field. I'm not sure if this was the same design that was envisioned back in the 4.4 days (BSDI did pick up a lot of ex-4.4 developers from Berkeley), or something new that was developed at BSDI. Anyhow, FreeBSD class idea is very similar to BSDI's. > > Greg > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > > > Tom
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