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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:45:58 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: Confusing help texts?
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:44:22PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> + * Prevents any programs running with egid == 0 if a specific USB device
> + * is not present in the system.  Yes, it can be gotten around, but is a
> + * nice starting point for people to play with, and learn the LSM
> + * interface.
> 
> How can you "prevent any program"?

Heh, it's confusing, sorry.

> 
> +         It enables control over processes being created by root users
> +         if a specific USB device is not present in the system.
> 
> Enables control over processes?

Basically, if the USB device is not in the system, then you can not
start any new program as egid = 0.  That's all.

Patches gladly accepted to clean this stuff up :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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