From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Riley Williams" Subject: RE: Re: [PATCH] PAG support, try #2 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 07:04:07 +0100 Sender: openafs-devel-admin@openafs.org Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Garance A Drosihn" , "Jan Harkes" , "David Howells" , , , Return-path: To: "Russ Allbery" , "Linus Torvalds" In-Reply-To: Errors-To: openafs-devel-admin@openafs.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Hi Russ. > Linus Torvalds writes: >> Yeah, and the thing I think it _totally_ and utterly broken is that >> there can be only one of these per process. >> >> I don't see where the 1:1 idea comes from, except from a bad >> implementation. > If a single process is in possession of multiple sets of credentials > at the same time, how does the file system code in the kernel know > which ones to use for a given operation with a network file system? I am in possession of multiple sets of credentials - my driving licence, my passport, my works pass, my bank cards, my store cards, to name just a few. How does the entity I am interacting with know which one they are interested in, I wonder... Best wishes from Riley. --- * Nothing as pretty as a smile, nothing as ugly as a frown. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13-May-2003