A Butler process for resource sharing on Spice machines
Roger B. Dannenberg, Peter G. Hibbard · ACM Transactions on Information Systems · 1985
A network of personal computers may contain a large amount of distributed computing resources. For a number of reasons it is desirable to share these resources, but sharing is complicated by issues of security and autonomy. A process known as the Butler addresses these problems and provides support for resource sharing. The Butler relies upon a capability-based accounting system called the Banker to monitor the use of local resources.