Re: alternative: port server?

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 12:48:22PM -0400, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> > 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.

Nope, an authentication token is an object in the task server and denoted by
the task server id and the object id.

Thanks,
Marcus 

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