Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: application server, just without the "web" part... Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 09:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 09:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="11320"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/QrazcxSSWvpPMenGc9kOtC4DFAnyCmuc=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jISxpzMR+Ou4O+5q9C6SCZH6qDM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:29919 On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 00:43:50 +0000, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > Well, I think that missed the point. The Java server has no point in > looking up its own user's list of groups. If anything, it would need > the *connecting* guy's groups... > What makes you think I suggested running that on the server? Its true I said that the list returned by 'groups' could be *scanned* by either the client or server but I never said nor implied that 'groups' should be run anywhere except on the client. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |