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diff --git a/man/10/eve b/man/10/eve new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8a20b77f --- /dev/null +++ b/man/10/eve @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.TH EVE 10.2 +.SH NAME +eve, iseve \- privileged user +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ta \w'\fLchar* 'u +.B +char eve[NAMELEN] = "inferno"; +.PP +.B +int iseve(void) +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Eve +is a null-terminated string containing the name of the privileged user, often called +the `host owner', in +the Inferno system. +The default identity in native systems is +.LR inferno , +and in hosted Inferno it is the user who started +.IR emu (1). +The initial process created by system initialisation is given the +.I eve +identity. +.PP +.I Iseve +returns true if the current user is +.IR eve . +Several drivers use +.I iseve +to check the caller's identity +before granting permission to perform certain actions. +For example, the console driver allows only the user +.I eve +to write a new identity into the +.B /dev/user +file. +The privileges are strictly local and do not extend into the network +(in particular, to file servers). +.PP +Note that the comparison performed by +.I iseve +is case-sensitive, even when running hosted on systems where +usernames are case-insensitive. |