Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757691AbYCCQmw (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:42:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754142AbYCCQmo (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:42:44 -0500 Received: from er-systems.de ([85.25.136.202]:52263 "EHLO er-systems.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752438AbYCCQmn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:42:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:42:41 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Voegtle To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: tilman.baumann@collax.com, Andreas Hofmeister Subject: Re: permissions on /proc/tty/driver/ In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="425052808-1990418316-1204562561=:15875" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1115 Lines: 34 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --425052808-1990418316-1204562561=:15875 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Thomas Voegtle wrote: > we noticed that only root can enter /proc/tty/driver/, which appears to be > wrong, because the files therein are actually world readable... I found out why this was done: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.29 Chris Wright: o /proc/tty/driver/serial reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links (CAN-2003-0461) So, please ignore this patch I sent. Thomas -- Thomas V?gtle email: thomas@voegtle-clan.de ----- http://www.voegtle-clan.de/thomas ------ --425052808-1990418316-1204562561=:15875-- -- 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/