Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:53:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:53:46 -0500 Received: from marine.sonic.net ([208.201.224.37]:17230 "HELO marine.sonic.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:53:35 -0500 X-envelope-info: Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:53:29 -0800 From: Mike Castle To: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? Message-ID: <20020102225329.GB29462@thune.mrc-home.com> Reply-To: Mike Castle Mail-Followup-To: Mike Castle , Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20020102170833.A17655@thyrsus.com> <20020102172448.A18153@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020102172448.A18153@thyrsus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 05:24:48PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > 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*. What's wrong with a startup routine that includes something like: dmidecode > /var/run/dmi mrc -- Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc - 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/