Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 06:03:37 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: tty_snoop: why check uid? Message-ID: <199706042003.GAA15194@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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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? I think it is because system-supported security holes should be as small as possible. Bruce
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