From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 15 0:49: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BF9237B401 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:49:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-56339.0x50c6aa0a.abnxx2.customer.tele.dk [80.198.170.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B3243E4A for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:48:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@spider.deepcore.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.5/8.12.6) id gAF8muEU060773; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:48:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos) From: Soeren Schmidt Message-Id: <200211150848.gAF8muEU060773@spider.deepcore.dk> Subject: Re: /dev/acd*t* no longer available in -current? In-Reply-To: <20021115084430.GI76728@starjuice.net> To: Sheldon Hearn Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:48:56 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL98b (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It seems Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On (2002/11/14 19:27), Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > > > - insecure permissions. Among other holes, these allowed the world to > > > erase cd-rw's. > > > > Use rc.devfs for that as it was intended. > > Don't you think it makes more sense for the kernel to start off with > more restrictive permissions, and have the administrator determine > whether more restrictive permissions are appropriate? Actually no I dont. The security aware admin will know (or should that be "should know" :) ) what to do to make a system secure. The avarage user that uses FreeBSD dont, and will get confused if the CDROM device doesn't appear to work (ie writeprotected). -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message