Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 13:49:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: pst@Shockwave.COM, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/423: security of sound devices Message-ID: <199505152049.NAA07389@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199505152037.GAA09351@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at May 16, 95 06:37:52 am
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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? Not printers, they should be under the control of lpd which already handles the device access issue, or should. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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