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by SixSigma 4233 days ago
The root concept is replaced by capabilities (sort of). So, for instance, the process owner that boots the machine (usually called bootes) can kill processes and spawn new ones as any username. That doesn't mean that they can fake your credentials to the network though, you need to authenticate with the auth server which will be on another machine. That you can access your files on the fileserver.

The concept of a network of connected islands is replaced by a network of connected services.