Subject: Re: ps and kill
From: [email-masked] ("Ben Constable")

6 Dec 1996 19:18:19 -0800
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> If you create the directory structure and touch the file the diagnostic
> message will go away.  Then if you create the /etc/passwd and /etc/group
> files to match what you get from the id command it seems to work on a
> Win95 system.

I know that. But you cannot create a utmp file that is always correct,
because it is a dynamic file. As are the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
 
> This should be a solvable, especialy as Microsoft moves Win95 in the
> direction of NT.  If there is a need for seperate code it should be
> carefully limited.

Why? At the moment the driver structure is totally different and the
security stuff in NT and unix is missing from 95.
 
Ben Constable
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