[fpc-pascal] libc unit and FreeBSD

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 14/01/2008, Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be> wrote:
> > Does anybody know if unix type OS's allow normal (general) users to
> > read those files from /etc?
>
> Yes, but they they do not necessarily contain any useful information.
> The actually used information may be on an ldap server, in a netinfo
> database, on an NIS server, on a SAMBA server, on a Windows Domain
> Controller, ... That's the whole point of the plugin system used by
> libc.


Ah, now I get it.  Thanks.


Regards,
  - Graeme -


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