Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:22:55 +0100 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: New raw IO patches available for 2.2, 2.3 |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> /pub/linux/sct/fs/raw-io/raw-19990727.tar.gz contains the latest raw > IO code for unbuffered, direct disk IO via standard Unix character > mode raw devices. Note that the character major number used in this > release has moved from 111 to 162 (that major number should be > "official" now).
> it is up to the system administrator to make sure that these are bound > to the appropriate block devices at runtime.
Please could you have the /dev/raw RAW_SETBIND ioctl require CAP_SYS_ADMIN?
It basically allows you to create arbitrary raw block devices, so should go under the wing of the mknod() capability.
Hopefully, 2.3 will get a CAP_MKNOD soon (Chris?) and it should be moved under the wing of that eventually..
Matthew.
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