Subject: Re: crcmp(), once again
To: None <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/18/2005 08:25:45
> > > > i don't see why it needs to be fixed.
> > > > credentials with the different order of groups are different.
> > >
> > > Please explain why the order of groups is important. I don't see it.
> >
> > what david said isn't enough?
> > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2005/11/03/0021.html
>
> That says why *reordering* them is bad. It doesn't say why the order
> itself *inside* the kernel is important.
i don't understand how they differ. can you explain?
> It boils down to "Are two
> credentials the same, if they only differ in the order?". Is your
> answer no?
right. my answer is no in this case.
YAMAMOTO Takashi