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> But you're thinking like a developer, not a user. The right question > is which approach requires the lowest level of *user* privilege to get > the job done. Comparing world-readable /proc files versus a setuid app, > the answer is obvious. This sort of thing is exactly what /proc is *for*. Both require the same level of user privilege. cat /proc/wasteofmemory/dmi | dmidecoder v /sbin/dmidump | dmidecoder - 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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