Glenn> I'm also curious how this tool can change its indentity anyway.
Glenn> Does it restart itself?

Ann> I've seen this type of capability on MacOS, but will have to wait
Ann> for the NWAM engineers to comment on the feasibility and side
Ann> effects of such a feature on Solaris.

The tool wouldn't change its identity; instead, as Ann's original text
suggested, one could 'sign in as a different user' or one could assume
a role with greater privileges, or whatever, and then the user in
question would exit the tool and restart it.

-- John

http://blogs.sun.com/jbeck

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