Re: alternative: port server?

[Neal H. Walfield]

> > > 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.

Not in the Hurd on L4.