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Fix overflow, improve language.
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\sltitle{Access rights testing}
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\setlength{\baselineskip}{0.9\baselineskip}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item user is identified with (\emsl{UID}) number and group numbers
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for groups he belongs to (\emsl{primary GID}, \emsl{supplementary GIDs}).
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\item user is identified with a \emsl{UID} number and numbers for groups he
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belongs to (\emsl{primary GID}, \emsl{supplementary GIDs})
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\item this identification is inherited by each process
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\item file $F$ has owner ($UID_F$) and group owner ($GID_F$).
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\item algorithm for evaluation of access rights for process:
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rights do. Similarly the others rights are not used if the group is equal.
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\emsl{Therefore if a file owned by my user has the rights set to
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\texttt{---rwxrwx}, I cannot read/write/execute it until I change the rights.}
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\item More and more system diverge from the classic model where many processes
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were running under a user with UID 0. Security vulnerability in such application
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meant total control of the system. To thwart this, these systems employ models
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like \emph{least privilege} in Solarisu or \emph{privilege separation} and
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\emph{pledge} in OpenBSD.
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\item More and more systems diverge from the classic model where many processes
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were running under a user with UID 0. A security vulnerability in such an
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application meant total control of the system. To thwart this, these systems
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employ models like \emph{least privilege} in Solaris or \emph{privilege
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separation} and \emph{pledge} in OpenBSD.
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\item \label{FILEDELETE} In order to delete a file, the user has to have a right
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to write to the \emsl{directory} containing the file, because this is the
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``file'', that is being changed. \emsl{The rights of the file to be deleted are

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