Subject: Re: root privilege for vnd ioctl
To: enami tsugutomo <enami@sm.sony.co.jp>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/05/2002 09:23:20
> Subject: Re: root privilege for vnd ioctl
>
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net> writes:
>
> > first you must make sure no panic is possible if you will for example
> > truncate file that is vnconfig'ured, if ioctl do check if file size isn't
> > smaller than product of sector size*spt*tpc*cyls etc...
>
> Usually, normal user can't open the device file even if the check is
> removed.  It is each administorator's responsibility to allow trusted
> user to access it.
>
i think any user - to have chance to for eg. test CD image