Re: /etc/passwd : which software does support this ?

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Subject: Re: /etc/passwd : which software does support this ?
From: Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
Date: 21 Apr 1998 00:19:45 -0700
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In-reply-to: Remco Blaakmeer's message of "Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:03:56 +0200 (CEST)"
References: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980420140034.25170D-100000@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl>

Remco Blaakmeer <remco@Cal011205.student.utwente.nl> writes:

> If shadow-login is the only program that supports these fields, they are
> useless. If a user had a value "pri=5", he would only have to do something
> like
> echo 'command' | at now
> to get 'command' executed at normal priority.

Yes, it's not very effective.  It's meant to be used with restricted
shells like rbash I guess.


Guy


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