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Fedora 12 updates PackageKitFedora 12 updates PackageKitPosted Nov 27, 2009 22:19 UTC (Fri) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)In reply to: Fedora 12 updates PackageKit by mmcgrath Parent article: Fedora 12 updates PackageKit
If you really need a reference, then see Section 3.5 of The UNIX timesharing system (Richie & Thompson, 1974). That is, the primacy of root is such a basic idea it is mentioned in the first summary paper describing the operating system. Following on from this brief mention, there are endless papers spelling out the model in detail, including papers with rigorous formal analysis. Saying the UNIX security model isn't documented is ignoring the decades of academic interest in that topic. That's without considering the less rigorous treatment found in a few decades of UNIX system administration guides. Nothing says that Linux can't diverge from the UNIX tradition. Changes are needed. But being an operating system in the UNIX tradition, when changes are made to take the OS out of that tradition then you'd at least expect a mention in the release notes. That as much applies to the constant alterations in the discovery of devices (udev, etc) as it does to this episode.
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