Wow, I didn't realize I would get so many responses! In a nut shell, Casper Dik gave me the simplest answer: "No. IPC and shared memory do not require root access." ----- "root" access may be required to modify the /etc/system file. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions! Mark Original Question: ----------------- > > I have a programmer that wants "root" access to do shared memory and > inter-process communication system programming. > > I have no idea what this entails. Is this a true statement? > > The programmer will not give me any specifics as to what the > actual requirements are. I'm getting hit hard from the supervisor. > > I already told this person that they were not getting "root" access. > > Any comments or suggestions in this area is appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Mark Hargrave, Sr. Unix Systems Administrator > Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. - Michoud Operations > New Orleans, LA > > E-Mail: hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov > ----------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > sunmanagers mailing list > sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org > http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers >Received on Thu Apr 19 16:52:56 2001
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