Re: Design principles and ethics

[Tom Bachmann]

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Bas Wijnen wrote:
> In the current hurd, for setuid applications, the filesystem is the parent,
> not the process that triggers the startup.  The filesystem is perhaps not an
> ideal choice for a parent, but it must be a party which holds the capabilities
> that this particular "setuid" application uses.  And that's not the process
> triggering the startup, otherwise it wouldn't need to be setuid.

I do not think it should be setuid (and i have explained why in another
mail).

> It is attached as a xfig file.

I did not get an attatchment except for signature.asc and Part\ 1.2.
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