From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 26 10:43:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA26727 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA26704 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:43:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA23981 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:41:40 -0700 Received: from nexus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil (kenh@nexus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil [134.207.10.9]) by ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA08333; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:19:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199608261719.NAA08333@ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> To: Karl Denninger Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: UID < 65535? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:31:42 CDT." <199608261631.LAA14146@Jupiter.mcs.net> X-Face: "Evs"_GpJ]],xS)b$T2#V&{KfP_i2`TlPrY$Iv9+TQ!6+`~+l)#7I)0xr1>4hfd{#0B4 WIn3jU;bql;{2Uq%zw5bF4?%F&&j8@KaT?#vBGk}u07<+6/`.F-3_GA@6Bq5gN9\+s;_d gD\SW #]iN_U0 KUmOR.P<|um5yPkEpSD@*e` Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:19:55 -0400 From: Ken Hornstein Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > Other than the fact that its not freely available? >> >> Hrm, I thought it was (or used to be free). :( >> -- >> Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net) >> Senior Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp. >> "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" > >My understanding is that the server-side code is not (and never has been). The client isn't free either (but you generally don't pay extra for the clients; you only pay for the server). I think AFS is a good solution, but you certainly have to pay a lot of money for it, which is a real shame. --Ken