[OpenAFS-devel] PAGs/tokens/threads

Jeffrey Altman jaltman@secure-endpoints.com
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:45:40 -0400


Derrick Brashear wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Jeffrey
> Altman<jaltman@secure-endpoints.com> wrote:
>> Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR) wrote:
>>> calling it a pag is a misnomer though at this point.  oh well.
>> What we are discussing is not a PAG but a Thread Authentication
>> Credential which when set overrides the process credential as obtained
>> from the PAG or uid.
> 
> It's not necessarily a single credential; it could also be a group.

I've always associated "Group" to be the group of processes, not the
group of tokens.

Jeffrey Altman