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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