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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 07:58:03 +0100 David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com> wrote: > Can someone explain why it isn't anyone with _write_ access to the > device? Surely it's better to drop a user into a group or setgid a > program?> > If I have write access to a device then I can wipe it's media anyway. > Is there something I'm missing?> With RAW_IO access you cannot only wipe the media, but the entire firmware (not only wipe it, but also upload a malicious version that will screw up the entire SCSI or IDE bus). Andreas Messer and I are working on an improved filter that works per device and is configurable from userspace. It's not easy though. Regards - 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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