Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 10:01:45 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tty_snoop: why check uid? Message-ID: <33959F79.237C228A@whistle.com> References: <199706040626.CAA13887@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > > 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. > > -- > http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu > All my opinions are my own, not the Free Software Foundation's. > > Second law of programming: > Anything that can go wrong wi > sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped this would allow anyone who can 'talk' to you to 'snoop' on you as well.. it this your intention?help
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