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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>: > Of course it isnt. cat /proc/dmi executes kernel mode code which is totally > priviledged. /sbin/dmidecode executes slightly priviledged code which will > core dump not crash the box if it misparses the mapped table. You're thinking inside-out again. Sigh...user privileges. *User* privileges! -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> .. a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular individual citizen... -- Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App.181) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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