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On Jun-16 2004, Wed, 13:18 +0100 viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> wrote: > > 2.6.7's airo.ko (unlike 2.6.6's) won't allow the user to set > > ESSID via "echo myessid >/proc/driver/aironet/ethX/SSID". > > > > Changes like this shouldn't probably be made in the middle > > of a stable series.> > Changes like this are called bugs. The thing is, original variant of > function (actually, both read and write) was also buggy and trivially > exploitable, so fixing it was needed. Fscking it up was not, obviously. Sure, I just assumed somebody had done this on purpose. > Fix follows; see if it works for you. Works for me, thanks. -- Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com> - 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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