Re: Supervisor mode & multitasking

[Kristoffer Lawson <setok@fishpool.com>]

On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Petr Stehlik wrote:

> >> Of course, it is not. Ssystem(MTASK_xxxx, xxxx, xxxx) is restricted to
> >> root, as calling this function may affect all users currently logged on
> >> the system.
> >
> >Ah, if it's a root call the whole discussion on the list during the past
> >few days is void ;-) But that's fine with me.
> 
> Please note that all applications launched from GEM (basically, from
> desktop) are executed with root privileges.

True, although in the future it would be nice to have this point changed
if possible.

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