On Nov 20, 2004, at 1:17 AM, Tom Collins wrote:
On Nov 19, 2004, at 6:33 PM, shadowplay.net wrote:
um.. the uid and gid are used on a unix file systems to identify
permission levels of access to files and directories.
they allow an administrator to compartementalize
access on a *nix box.
they are
X-Istence wrote:
On Nov 18, 2004, at 3:44 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
What are the pw_uid and pw_gid fields in the user info actually used
for? I did a quick read through the docs, and couldn't find any
information about what they do other than the fact that they're the
user id and group id.
Matthew
um.. the uid and gid are used on a unix file systems to identify
permission levels of access to files and directories.
they allow an administrator to compartementalize
access on a *nix box.
they are closely tied with the applications
chmod chown and chgrp.
pw_uid is == uid from the
On Nov 19, 2004, at 6:33 PM, shadowplay.net wrote:
um.. the uid and gid are used on a unix file systems to identify
permission levels of access to files and directories.
they allow an administrator to compartementalize
access on a *nix box.
they are closely tied with the applications
chmod
Matthew Walker wrote:
What are the pw_uid and pw_gid fields in the user info actually used
for? I did a quick read through the docs, and couldn't find any
information about what they do other than the fact that they're the
user id and group id.
Hi,
At least the gid is used to store information
On Nov 18, 2004, at 3:44 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
What are the pw_uid and pw_gid fields in the user info actually used
for? I did a quick read through the docs, and couldn't find any
information about what they do other than the fact that they're the
user id and group id.
Matthew
They are named
On Thursday 18 November 2004 6:47 pm, X-Istence wrote:
On Nov 18, 2004, at 3:44 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
What are the pw_uid and pw_gid fields in the user info actually used
for? I did a quick read through the docs, and couldn't find any
information about what they do other than the fact
