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Re: alternative: port server?


From: Neal H. Walfield
Subject: Re: alternative: port server?
Date: 13 May 2003 12:48:22 -0400
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> However, in the Hurd we are more flexible.  A task can reauthenticate an io
> object.  In that sense, user IDs (really: authentication tokens) are bound
> to objects and not to tasks.  This is useful in many applications.

But for the authentication token to be valid, it is bound to a task.
Thus, to transfer an authentication token, it is renamed.




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