Is UNIX(TM) Multi-User?

Rahul Dhesi dhesi at bsu-cs.UUCP
Mon Aug 22 16:25:36 AEST 1988


In article <365 at pigs.UUCP> haugj at 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:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi



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