Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:24:48 -0500 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>: > 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*. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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