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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: "login classes"
From:       Terry Lambert <terry () lambert ! org>
Date:       1996-07-15 0:33:08
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> > Well, I was a Busy Boy today.  While doing some other task%, I decided to
> > start implementing login classes for FreeBSD.
> 
> Do you have a better description of them other than 'allowing you to use
> separate authention'?  It seems I've heard lots of folks 'wish' for them
> in different contexts, so I'm not exactly sure *what* they do at any
> level, other than they can do many things. :)

Good point.  The recent discussion on session management for SMBFS
per user authentication is a good example of something you would need
to put in up front to not rule it out under the weight of backward
compatability.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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