Amanda and Samba 2.0.3

[Gerald W. Carter]

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> > Is the BSDI really a "trapdoor" OS. 
> 
> I don't know what this ``trapdoor'' thing means.


If I remember correctly, the trapdoor problem is that some OS's will allow
a root process to change it's effect id to a user, but then cannot change
back.  Don't know enough to answer your specific question.  Sorry



Hope this helps,
jerry 
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