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Date:      Tue, 16 May 1995 06:37:52 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        pst@Shockwave.COM
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/423: security of sound devices
Message-ID:  <199505152037.GAA09351@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>The right model is to do the same thing that we do with /dev/console.  If
>you're logged in at the console (or local X server), you own the sound devices.
>When you logout, they should go back to root.sound ownership, with no world
>access.

This model applies to other devices physically near the console.  Joysticks.
Floppies?  Scanners.  Printers?

Bruce



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