Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Linus

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Ethan Benson <address@hidden>

    > On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 09:43:47PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:

    > > Also as Ethan pointed out these solutions make having different
    > > permission schemes on different categories/versions
    > > difficult. 

Wuss.

    > > And not to mention that neither of these work for when you
    > > want to share an archive in the local filesystem (no ssh
    > > involved).

Patient: it hurts when I do [demonstrating by bending over backwards
to touch the backs of his knees] this


Doctor: then don't do that


    > exactly.

It is an f'ed up notion that when the OS and environment provides
perfectly sufficient access controls that apps should do anything
more.

-t