Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:05:44 -0500 (EST) From: "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: permissions and /dev/speaker Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971115193942.7414B-100000@milf18.bus.net>
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If this is not an appropriate place for this question, please let me know. I would like to write to /dev/speaker from a CGI script to sound the speaker on a web server. I use the Apache http server compiled from sources and run under the user "nobody". The web server has multiple logins. By default, permissions on /dev/speaker are: crw------- 1 root wheel 26, 0 Nov 15 18:00 /dev/speaker I was thinking of creating a "speaker" user/group and placing the httpd user in that group, setting permissions as follows: crw-rw---- 1 root speaker 26, 0 Nov 15 18:00 /dev/speaker or bypassing the creation of the new user/group and using: crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 26, 0 Nov 15 18:00 /dev/speaker Is anyone aware of any potential problems or holes that may arise from this? Thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Thank you. Regards, Chuck O'Donnell
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