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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
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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.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi