Subject: [DGD] Kernel Lib, creator & owner
From: dgd at list.imaginary.com (Felix A. Croes)
Date: Fri Feb 27 05:49:01 2004

Michael McKiel wrote:

> Well I tested some more, logged in as admin.
> copied, blah.c to /usr/zamadhi/obj/blah.c
> compiled it, cloned it.
> The master object winds up with zamadhi as creator & owner.
> And the clone winds up with "admin" as owner, and zamadhi as query_creator()
>
> Does that present any security consequences then? for say the purposes of the
> Master object being able to destruct the clone, or to update the clone? when
> "admin" becomes the owner?

The object is owned by 'admin' and can only be destructed by that owner
or by someone with administrator access.  It also counts towards admin's
object quota, if any.  File access is still governed by creator.  Other
resources are all used in admin's name.

Regards,
Dworkin