Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:48:56 +0100 (CET) From: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/acd*t* no longer available in -current? Message-ID: <200211150848.gAF8muEU060773@spider.deepcore.dk> In-Reply-To: <20021115084430.GI76728@starjuice.net>
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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
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