Re: unowned processes and who controls them (was: Re: passwd entry for uid -1
Quoth Marcus Brinkmann:
> It is probably useful to add here that the server responsible for that is
> the password server, which hands out auth handles with uids in exchange for
> the password. This server runs as root and sits on /servers/password.
Hmm. Now this _is_ nice.
I figure this is the reason why we don't use pam? This seems way
better.
(So much I don't know... Better shut up for a while and read up on how
the system works to stop making a fool of myself. Just have to attach a
keyboard and screen to the hurd box to answer 'y' to fsck first ;)
Oystein
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