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| author | GNU Hurd wiki engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2007-08-19 16:10:30 +0000 |
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| committer | GNU Hurd wiki engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2007-08-19 16:10:30 +0000 |
| commit | 9fda0ee70fe6ebc29e87bab989f7a0cfcd072f27 (patch) | |
| tree | d86f953e9abf70b5384f92142d87c1ee2f5e56e1 /principal.mdwn | |
| parent | d954eef46e5944130292a2617350228647202434 (diff) | |
web commit by NealWalfield: Create.
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diff --git a/principal.mdwn b/principal.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9a11c672 --- /dev/null +++ b/principal.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +A principal is an accountable entity. A principal may be +a user. On some computer systems, users are represented by their +respective UID. A process may also be a principal. However, a +principal may span multiple processes (a web request that causes +a CGI script to be invoked) or a principal may contain a number +of separate principals (a web server serves multiple requests, +each request represents a different principal).
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