eve, iseve - privileged user char eve[NAMELEN] = "bootes";

int iseve(void)

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 initialisation 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 example, 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 particular, to file servers—even ones running on the local machine).

/sys/src/9/port/auth.c auth (2), cap (3), cons (3), authsrv (6), auth (8)