Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:31:14 +0200 (CEST) | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: PATCH/FIX for drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c |
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 14:27 +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > This will, however, not prevent other users from maliciously destroying the > > CD by not using O_EXCL. > > if the user wants to destroy his own burning cd... then why is it the > kernels job to stop him?
It's user a destroying the CD of user b (e.g. because he erroneously believes his CD with the plain tar archive is in the burner, or because he's simply malicious). -- "Of course, as admin, I can read all your email. But I am not THAT bored!" -- unknown author in comp.unix.aix - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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