Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:38:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:38:27 -0500 Received: from dsl254-112-233.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.254.112.233]:64387 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:38:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:24:48 -0500 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Alan Cox Cc: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Message-ID: <20020102172448.A18153@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Alan Cox , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20020102170833.A17655@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 10:39:27PM +0000 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox : > 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. This sort of thing is exactly what /proc is *for*. -- Eric S. Raymond Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good. -- Mohandas Gandhi - 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/