3 eve, iseve \- privileged user
13 is a null-terminated string containing the name of the owner of
14 the Plan 9 system (sometimes called the `host owner',
17 The identity is set on a terminal to the name of the user who logs in.
18 It is set on a CPU server to the
20 obtained either from NVRAM or by a console prompt.
21 The initial process created by system initialisation is given the
26 returns true if the current user is
30 to check the caller's identity
31 before granting permission to perform certain actions.
32 For example, the console driver allows only the user
34 to write a new identity into the
37 The privileges are strictly local and do not extend into the network
38 (in particular, to file servers—even ones running on the local machine).
40 .B /sys/src/9/port/auth.c