Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Jan 2002 00:04:57 +0100 | From | Lionel Bouton <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>: > >>So you want the lowest possible priviledge level. Because if so thats >>setuid app not kernel space. Arguing about the same code in either kernel >>space verus setuid app space is garbage. >> > > But you're thinking like a developer, not a user. The right question > is which approach requires the lowest level of *user* privilege to get > the job done. Comparing world-readable /proc files versus a setuid app, > the answer is obvious.
Reading proc files requires running kernel space code, do we have kernel space code running with *user* priviledge now?
> This sort of thing is exactly what /proc is *for*. >
Hum, "/proc" is only good for _flamewars_ on lklm ;-)
LB.
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