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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 13:10:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Dave McCracken <dmccr@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.30] Allow tasks to share credentials
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On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Dave McCracken wrote:
> 
> This patch allows tasks to optionally share credentials, selectable
> via a flag to clone().

This still has the "security hole you can run a slow-moving bight yellow
truck with flashing lights on through" problem..

		Linus

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