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Re: appl/arlalib.c's arlalib_get_cred() problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Assar Westerlund)
Thu Jul 2 09:08:59 1998
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To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
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Subject: Re: appl/arlalib.c's arlalib_get_cred() problems
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From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>
Date: 02 Jul 1998 15:04:24 +0200
In-Reply-To: John Hawkinson's message of "Thu, 2 Jul 1998 02:23:08 -0400 (EDT)"
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John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com> writes:
> Can't there be a better way? Like looking it up in /etc/name_to_sysnum
> dynamically? Sure, this is less efficient than hardcoding it, but
> isn't it "the right solution"?
For Solaris, yes. I wanted something that would work everywhere. And
you still need a way of telling it if you want the `xfs' or the `afs'
system call.
/assar
