Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:24:50 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User class/capabilities database Message-ID: <199611151824.LAA26543@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19961115215502.davidn@sdev> from "David Nugent" at Nov 15, 96 09:55:02 pm
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> There is a reference in both man pages and source files to > the user class being a pointer to a "termcap-like" capabilities > and attributes database. I assume that support for this is not > completed, or has ceased. Is this a FreeBSD-specific project, > or is it tied to bsd 4.4lite? I could use this sorts of hook > in an accounting system I'm developing, and was wondering to > whom I might speak for mor information on the subject. > > Specifically, I need to know: > > 1) Is this a FreeBSD specific facility, or is it a bsd one > (involving not only FreeBSD developers but the others)? It's an unimplemented one which BSDI has since implemented. > 2) How much work has already been done already in terms of > standardising user attributes (and what they are), Talk to SEF; he was working on a free implementation. > 3) What existing code supports the facility, and how much > freedom exists to expand the concept to cover user/session > accounting in general. It's non-standard stuff, and will probably be implementation dependent unless the free code wins, or unless BSDI shares their implementation to make it the standard. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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