Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751701AbVJTCji (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:39:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751702AbVJTCji (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:39:38 -0400 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:29087 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751699AbVJTCjh (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:39:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:42:05 +0100 (IST) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: Krzysztof Halasa cc: Horms , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rudolf Polzer , 334113@bugs.debian.org, Alastair McKinstry , security@kernel.org, team@security.debian.org, secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Subject: Re: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20051018044146.GF23462@verge.net.au> Mail-Copies-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org Mail-Followup-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org X-NSA: al aqsar jihad musharef jet-A1 avgas ammonium qran inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq saddam hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea vietnam revolt mustard gas british airways washington peroxide cool MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 724 Lines: 20 On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > OTOH I don't know why ordinary users should be allowed to change key > bindings. I like to load a custom keymap to swap ctrl and caps-lock. I'd like to keep that ability, but I'd much prefer if it didn't affect all VTs, and if it didn't persist past the end of my session. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac; you can always take something for it. - 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/