> 2010/4/12 hiro <23h...@googlemail.com>: > > I have not the slightest idea about the complexity involved; And I > > think I misunderstand how much of plan9 is actually running in a > > sandbox. But what if we wanted to have a working security system for > > multiple users in 9vx. Would it be - or is it - possible? > > Yes, it is possible, but it probably requires writing something to use > PAM (or whatever authentication mechanism is set up) on the host > system. I have a few ideas for this.
iirc, 9vx doesn't have devcap. the problem you're addressing can't be addressed well through #Z. unix systems act differently than plan 9 ones do. there are a host of locking, etc. questions that #Z doesn't handle either. it would be easier to use a plan 9 fs (ken fs, cwfs, fossil). then you wouldn't need to deal with unix authentication. - erik
