On 15 Apr, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
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| It may be better to give group IDs flag bits. One could get
| Netware-style trustees almost for free by using a flag bit to
| distinguish UID and GID values. Other flag bits could specify:
| can setgid(), can chown(), can gain access, can lose access,
| can use for killing processes, etc.
+--->8
You've just reinvented capabilities.
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