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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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