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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

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