Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262172AbVDRT0B (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:26:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262176AbVDRT0B (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:26:01 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:30857 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262172AbVDRTZy (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:25:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:25:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@chimarrao.boston.redhat.com To: Lorenzo =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hern=E1ndez_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Garc=EDa-Hierro?= cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] procfs privacy: /proc/config.gz In-Reply-To: <1113850319.17341.79.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <1113850319.17341.79.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/Mixed; BOUNDARY="=-+pKyBmVu/gi+jYQutaqM" Content-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1048 Lines: 27 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --=-+pKyBmVu/gi+jYQutaqM Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Lorenzo Hern?ndez Garc?a-Hierro wrote: > This patch changes the permissions of the procfs entry config.gz, thus, > non-root users are restricted from accessing it. Why? What is the security benefit of doing this ? -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan --=-+pKyBmVu/gi+jYQutaqM-- - 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/