Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 05:00:10 +0900 (JST) From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org> To: imp@village.org Cc: ume@mahoroba.org Subject: Re: sysctl interface for apm? Message-ID: <20000718.050010.104040362.ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <200007171945.NAA63703@harmony.village.org> References: <39734D36.5FC7DDA@sftw.com> <200007171914.NAA63275@harmony.village.org> <200007171945.NAA63703@harmony.village.org>
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>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:45:29 -0600 >>>>> Warner Losh <imp@village.org> said: imp> It is sufficient for APMIO_GETINFO, but it will introduce a security imp> hole as the apm ioctls aren't careful enough about their sanity imp> checking. I've added such sanity checking in my local copy of apm and imp> will test it tonight when I have access to my laptop. imp> The holes are introduced by the chmod 664 /dev/apm, not by doing the imp> open rdonly :-). Oh, I see. It's a security hole. imp> If you'll send me a pointer to gkrellm, I'll see about putting it up imp> on my laptop and making sure that my stuff works with it. ports/sysutils/gkrellm/ :-) -- Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan ume@mahoroba.org ume@bisd.hitachi.co.jp ume@FreeBSD.org http://www.imasy.org/~ume/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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