Re: /dev/vcs* perms (was: Re: should fte provide /usr/bin/fte?)
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Martin Buck wrote:
> While we're at it, shouldn't login also chown /dev/audio, /dev/fd[01] and
> the like for console-logins? Of course, xdm would have to do this as well.
I don't think this is a good idea... there could be many
people in different tty's (one in tty1, other in tty2...). In this
case, who is able to open /dev/audio? I think any of them should be
able to do so.
The groups approach has security implications... I don't see
any easy solution here.
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Juan Cespedes
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