Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jim Crilly" <> | Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:20:19 -0500 | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal |
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On 01/04/06 08:28:59PM +0100, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > On 2006-01-04, at 19:17, Florian Schmidt wrote: > >Maybe create a /proc control, so users can revert > >to the olde behaviour if there really is any need. > > YES YES! After all who doesn't use his system logged in as root?
You can change the rights and ownership of files in /proc, so distributions that use something like pam_console could change them when someone logs in. That and most people know that poking around in /proc generally requires root priviledges so making them use su or sudo wouldn't be a surprise.
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