From: utzoo!decvax!cca!mogul.Shasta@Su-Score@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: True login names Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3314 Posted: Fri Sep 17 00:52:03 1982 Received: Fri Sep 17 06:28:07 1982 From: Jeff MogulDate: Monday, 13 Sep 1982 21:25-PDT Alas, getppid() can be easily fooled, because when the parent dies, the child process is inherited by init. Thus, any one of a number of dodges can be dreamt up, wherein the parent of your modified login program is dead before getppid() is called. -Jeff