re: kern/52627 audio_setchan affecting privileged process

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/52627; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: nat%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
    isaki%pastel-flower.jp@localhost
Subject: re: kern/52627 audio_setchan affecting privileged process
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2018 04:24:39 +1000

 i don't think this is a real bug.  as i just posted to tech-kern:
 
 > i object to the plan here.  we should simply just use the
 > file system to control this, like normal unix stuff.
 > 
 > eg, ttyaction should chown the audio device to the console
 > user or whatever the admin chooses.  it should be possible
 > for me to decide to make things as open or as closed as
 > possible via chown/chmod/mknod/rm.
 
 
 .mrg.