Re: vcsa permissions

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> Paul Haggart writes:
> > Also, what do I do about this:  FTE requires read/write access to the
> > /dev/vcsa* devices.  Do I add a new group to /etc/groups, and chown the
> > devices to that?  I'll crosspost this reply to the debian-devel group.
> 
> Certainly you should not change the ownership of these devices without
> asking permission.

There is a security problem in this, yes.

I think the best solution would be to have the ownership of /dev/vcsaN
follow that of the corresponding tty device. This requires a linux-specific
modification to /bin/login, doesn't it?

	Thanks

	Bruce

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