Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:51:38 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: tty: add 'active' sysfs attribute to tty0 and console device |
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:42:50 +0100 Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 16.11.10 20:49, Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote: > > > /dev/tty* and sysfs nodes don't track permissions, owner with each other, > > so you are providing interfaces that either expose information they > > shouldn't (which screen is valuable info in some environments), or don't > > expose info they should. > > Well, I find the informatoin who is logged in much more valuable then > the information whether I am active or not.
Well thats fine for your machine, what about the rest of us ?
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