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SubjectAPM security question

I'm curious about a little segment of the APM code:

in do_ioctl:

if (!as->suser)
return -EPERM;

This means that only root can issue to the ioctl to suspend the machine.
That seems odd, since it overrides the file permissions on the character
device. I don't like the idea that any APM-aware program has to be suid-root
to suspend the machine, I'd rather be able to select who can and can't
twiddle with APM suspend using the permissions on /dev/apm_bios.

Russ
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