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Date:      Wed, 4 Jun 1997 02:24:02 -0400
From:      Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   tty_snoop: why check uid?
Message-ID:  <199706040626.CAA13887@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

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Why does the snp device check to make sure that the user invoking it
is root, instead of letting the admin set the permissions on the
device to whatever he feels appropriate?

Happy hacking,
joelh

PS: Yes, I have a context diff to allow a kernel option to disable
this check availible on request.

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