RE: Re: [PATCH] PAG support, try #2

Riley Williams
2003-05-15T06:04:07Z

Hi Russ.

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> 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.
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