Re: Adding "sub-users" to Hurd?

[Kalle Olavi Niemitalo]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels M�ller) writes:

> What is the usual way for a new process to obtain a port to the
> auth server (or other system servers)? Does it get an open port
> when it is started,

Yes.  See INIT_PORT_AUTH in <hurd/hurd_types.h>, file_exec in
<hurd/fs.defs> and exec_startup_get_info in <hurd/exec_startup.defs>.

> or does it open /hurd/auth or somesuch?

That would be /servers/auth, which doesn't exist.