LibC status and others...

ibotty bsd at ibotty.net
Fri Dec 12 15:49:58 PST 2003


David Rhodus wrote:

> 
> On Dec 12, 2003, at 5:57 PM, ibotty wrote:
>> so, what is missing?
>> i started implementing pwd.h inside of a daemon.
>> one thing missing is the process/thread <--> daemon bridge.
>>
>> btw: i dont think we would need fullblown <pwd.h> support in single
>> user
>> mode.
> So you don't think we should be able to change the password in
> single usermode ?

sorry, seems, i cutted too much of my mail ;)
what i really meant was:

this daemon would startup on boot.
as root you (or your libc) can startup any other process (even in
single-user).

so, you can always start this daemon, whenever you need <pwd.h>.

sorry for any confusion again.
~ibotty





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