Re: Should programs that access /dev/* be SGID?
On Jan 14, Hwei Sheng TEOH <hsteoh@cs.toronto.edu> wrote:
>Perhaps such programs should be SGID to whatever group that device is
>assigned? For example, since /dev/cdrom is read-writable by group 'disk', a
>program, say cdplay, can be SGID to 'disk' so that it can be executed by
>normal users.
If you want everyone to use /dev/cdrom the just chmod 666 it.
I don't think this is a bug, most system administrators don't want every
user being able to access the hardware like that.
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ciao,
Marco
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