Usefulness of access(2) - (nf)

dan%bbncd at sri-unix.UUCP dan%bbncd at sri-unix.UUCP
Thu Sep 29 01:51:15 AEST 1983


From:  Dan Franklin <dan at bbncd>

While I don't really see the need for pathaccess, if it
were needed it would not be hard.  Just as access()
replaces the effective u/gid with the real ones temporarily,
pathaccess() would replace the effective u/gid with the
arguments, and call nami just as access does.

	Dan



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