Re: A deferred authorization-granting translator

2022-01-04 Thread Olaf Buddenhagen
Hi, On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 12:56:23PM +0100, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > echo HELLOWORLD > /hello && \ > settrans -cga /hello $(realpath ~/Dev/hurd/trans/checkperms) > --groupname=user The `-c` is redundant: you know the node already exists, as you just wrote to it... (Also, si

Re: A deferred authorization-granting translator

2022-01-02 Thread jbranso
December 29, 2021 7:27 AM, "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" wrote: > Hi, > > I created a project to ask for granting authorization when processes > access a file. It is built as a translator and a simple permission > granting program. > > The translator can delegate permission-granting to the progra

Re: A deferred authorization-granting translator

2021-12-29 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" writes: > I created a project to ask for granting authorization when processes > access a file. It is built as a translator and a simple permission > granting program. To simplify usage there are now two helper tools: - queryauth-setup FILE GROUP [PROGRAM] - queryaut

A deferred authorization-granting translator

2021-12-29 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi, I created a project to ask for granting authorization when processes access a file. It is built as a translator and a simple permission granting program. The translator can delegate permission-granting to the program via two FIFO files. The goal is to create a simple replacement for the use-