Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uccba!uceng!ndcheg!iuvax!bsu-cs!dhesi From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Is UNIX(TM) Multi-User? Message-ID: <3719@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 22 Aug 88 06:25:36 GMT References: <880@taux01.UUCP> <213@bhjat.UUCP> <1640@uop.edu><404@cpro.UUCP> <15287@shemp.CS <365@pigs.UUCP> Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 9 In article <365@pigs.UUCP> haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) writes: >so, what features does unix have which prevents it from being a single >user operating system with a very clever single user program (init) >running? Primarily, the concept of user and group ids and protections based on them. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi