Method and apparatus for creating a security environment for a u

Details Method and apparatus for creating a security environment for a u Method and apparatus for creating a security environment for a u

1996-09-26

1998-06-09

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

39518701, 39520001, G06F 1300, H04L 900

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for enabling a listening daemon in a client/server system to execute a specified task on behalf of a user. Upon receiving a user request, the listening daemon sets an environment variable in accordance with the user identity specified in the request and issues a system call to the operating system kernel to spawn the user task specified in the request. In response to the system call, the operating system kernel creates a new address space for the specified user task and creates a security environment for the user task in accordance with the environment variable before starting the user task in the new address space.

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