I used PM on many occasions previously, its just that
I wasn't expecting to "have" to under this circumstance.
I couldn't find any documentation on LaserRom to support
its usage here (not real surprising), and considering
that it appears to require PM not because of a 'technical'
reason, but only due to a half-hearted attempt at compatibility
with the Unix world, I'm a little dismayed.
 
  In any event, now I know better.
 (take two steps, stumble backwards one, take two steps,...)
Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
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Sent:   Thursday, August 01, 1996 3:20 PM
To:     Editcorp
Subject:        Re: 'BIND'ing to ports < 1023 Resolved!
 
 
On or about Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:25:40 -0700, Michael L Gueterman
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>But since you do not have to do
>any special coding for it to work in that world (I think),
>just have it execute as the root user, am I expecting to
>much to think that MPE should handle that for me (assuming
>appropriate user capabilities)?
 
Priv mode is (sort of) the MPE equiv. to executing as "root user",
only it's *much* safer.  Notice that you put "GETPRIVMODE" and
"GETUSERMODE" before and after the call that needs it, rather than
giving the entire program "root user" access?  Bugs in other parts of
your code are unlikely to cause system failures, or open up security
holes by mistake.
 
 
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