Messages in this thread | | | From | Olaf Dietsche <> | Subject | Re: capable open_port() check wrong for kmem | Date | Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:33:04 +0100 |
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carbonated beverage <ramune@net-ronin.org> writes:
> I found that I can't open /dev/kmem O_RDONLY. The open_mem > and open_kmem calls (open_port()) in drivers/char/mem.c checks for > CAP_SYS_RAWIO. > > Is there a possibility of splitting that off into a read and > write pair, i.e. CAP_SYS_RAWIO_WRITE, CAP_SYS_RAWIO_READ? > > If not, is there a way to grant read-only access to /dev/kmem?
You may want to look at this thread: <http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=87smza1p7f.fsf%40goat.bogus.local>
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