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LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS John Cowan (12 Aug 2019 16:30 UTC)
Re: LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS Lassi Kortela (12 Aug 2019 18:33 UTC)
Re: LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS hga@xxxxxx (12 Aug 2019 20:17 UTC)
Re: LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS Lassi Kortela (13 Aug 2019 09:13 UTC)
Re: LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS hga@xxxxxx (13 Aug 2019 11:26 UTC)
Re: LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS Lassi Kortela (13 Aug 2019 11:33 UTC)
Re: LOGNAME, USER, and get-uid; NIS hga@xxxxxx (13 Aug 2019 11:37 UTC)
Naming of "real" and "effective" ID procedures Lassi Kortela (14 Aug 2019 14:18 UTC)
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Fwd: Naming of "real" and "effective" ID procedures John Cowan (14 Aug 2019 20:57 UTC)
Re: Fwd: Naming of "real" and "effective" ID procedures Lassi Kortela (14 Aug 2019 21:07 UTC)
Re: Naming of "real" and "effective" ID procedures hga@xxxxxx (14 Aug 2019 14:24 UTC)
Re: Fwd: Naming of "real" and "effective" ID procedures Lassi Kortela 14 Aug 2019 21:07 UTC 
>     I always thought the term "real user ID" is misleading
>
> The term means the real human user, the one sitting at the keyboard and
> screen, as opposed to the one they are pretending to be for purposes of
> privilege.

"You are not your privileges" :)

Sometimes I'm not sure I amount to much else.