From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 15 0:44:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F6E37B401 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:44:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5FAD43E88 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:44:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local (Exim 4.10) id 18Cc5W-000Pj4-00; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:44:30 +0200 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:44:30 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Soeren Schmidt Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/acd*t* no longer available in -current? Message-ID: <20021115084430.GI76728@starjuice.net> Mail-Followup-To: Soeren Schmidt , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021115011200.E10490-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <200211141827.gAEIRRQG026591@spider.deepcore.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200211141827.gAEIRRQG026591@spider.deepcore.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18Cc5W-000Pj4-00*mKTZdTj7h.6* Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On (2002/11/14 19:27), Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > - insecure permissions. Among other holes, these allowed the world to > > erase cd-rw's. > > Use rc.devfs for that as it was intended. Don't you think it makes more sense for the kernel to start off with more restrictive permissions, and have the administrator determine whether more restrictive permissions are appropriate? I think this approach is much more in line with "the Unix way". Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message