On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Fargusson.Alan wrote: > This would reserve the tape to that machine, but would allow another user on the > same machine to use the tape. Maybe that is what you want, but that is not what > reserve implies. > > Figuring out how to prevent other users from using the tape is a tricky problem. I > am not sure what that would even mean. Would you reserve by UID, or by process > control group, or something else?
That is altogether a different problem, and one that needs to be addressed for all platforms. Think tapes, CD/DVD, scanners. Linux is multiuser, and it makes good sense to run it that way: my wife and I both login to the Athlon at home from lesser machines. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
