Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:56:23 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Tom <tom@sdf.com> Subject: cap-format databases (was Re: DPT install problem ) Message-ID: <199805270056.RAA02549@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 20:32:55 EDT." <XFMail.980526203255.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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> > > >> BTW, what is foo@ in this file? > > > > from 'man 3 getcap' (whence you are referred from login.conf(5)) > > > > When a database is searched for a capability record, the first > > matching > > record in the search is returned. When a record is scanned for a > > capa- > > bility, the first matching capability is returned; the capability > > :nameT@: will hide any following definition of a value of type T for > > name; and the capability :name@: will prevent any following values > > of > > name from being seen. > > Sounds elaborate. An example will help (I am slower than usual today :-) Read the getcap(3) manpage. A simple example: foo: :bar#33:baz: fish: :zog#1:bar@:tc=foo: Retrieving the 'foo' entry gives the capabilities: bar = 33 baz = true Retrieving the 'fish' entry gives the capabilities: zog = 1 baz = true ie. the presence of the 'bar@' entry in 'fish' suppresses the 'bar' capibility when 'foo' is included. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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