EVE(9) EVE(9)
NAME
eve, iseve - privileged user
SYNOPSIS
char *eve;
int iseve(void)
DESCRIPTION
Eve is a null-terminated string containing the name of the
owner of the Plan 9 system (sometimes called the `host
owner', see cons(3)). The identity is set on a terminal to
the name of the user who logs in. It is set on a CPU server
to the authid obtained either from NVRAM or by a console
prompt. The initial process created by system initialisa-
tion is given the eve identity.
Iseve returns true if the current user is eve. Several
drivers use iseve to check the caller's identity before
granting permission to perform certain actions. For exam-
ple, the console driver allows only the user eve to write a
new identity into the /dev/user file. The privileges are
strictly local and do not extend into the network (in par-
ticular, to file servers—even ones running on the local
machine).
SOURCE
/sys/src/9/port/auth.c
SEE ALSO
auth(2), cap(3), cons(3), authsrv(6), auth(8)
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