From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 15 10:58:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA08278 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:58:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA08257 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:58:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA10139 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:58:12 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id TAA02294 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:57:42 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.2/keltia-uucp-2.9) id TAA11081; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:25:06 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:25:05 +0100 From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User class/capabilities database References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.50.05 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#2686 In-Reply-To: ; from David Nugent on Nov 15, 1996 21:55:02 +1100 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to David Nugent: > 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 > 1) Is this a FreeBSD specific facility, or is it a bsd one > (involving not only FreeBSD developers but the others)? This is a generic 4.4BSD feature although the code to support them is not written. BSD/OS has an implementation of these. > 2) How much work has already been done already in terms of > standardising user attributes (and what they are), I don't know but I don't believe much. > 3) What existing code supports the facility, and how much > freedom exists to expand the concept to cover user/session > accounting in general. Talk to Sean Eric Fagan who was working into implementing user classes in FreeBSD. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #28: Sun Nov 10 13:37:41 MET 1996