[Gllug] Multiple logins with NIS/YP

[David Damerell]

On Wednesday, 13 Feb 2002, Dylan Brewis wrote:
>On Wednesday 13 February 2002 00:59, you wrote:
>> I think more to the point is why restrict people to one login at a time?
>Because someone may, for example, leave their mail client open on one client 
>then try checking mail on another - or can two programs suddenly write to the 
>same files without problems all of a sudden...?

Reliable mail clients will do locking to avoid this.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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