From: Telford002@aol.com
To: nikberry@med.umich.edu, terje.eggestad@scali.no, amon@vnl.com
Cc: weixl@caltech.edu, mlist-linux-kernel@nntp-server.caltech.edu
Subject: Re: How can I know the number of current users in the system?
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:21:36 EST [thread overview]
Message-ID: <71.1542b960.29194bf0@aol.com> (raw)
In a message dated 11/6/01 8:01:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
nikberry@med.umich.edu writes:
> Basically once Unix went beyond serial terminals connected to dumb serial
> ports, we lost the ability to track users.
I would have phrased the comment somewhat different.
Once Unix adopted the process and file I/O abstraction,
a system wide user count became meaningless.
Unix should be contrasted with Primos or VMS where the
user memory space or program and serial terminal I/O
are used in defining the multiuser time-sharing capabilities
of the system.
Joachim Martillo
next reply other threads:[~2001-11-06 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-06 14:21 Telford002 [this message]
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2001-11-06 13:44 ` How can I know the number of current users in the system? Terje Eggestad
2001-11-06 14:40 ` Richard B. Johnson
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2001-11-06 12:38 Nicholas Berry
2001-11-04 22:15 Wei Xiaoliang
2001-11-05 7:47 ` Riley Williams
2001-11-06 1:20 ` Chris Abbey
2001-11-06 9:28 ` Terje Eggestad
2001-11-06 12:03 ` Dale Amon
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