Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:29:40 -0000 | Subject | Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!? | From | "Simon Arlott" <> |
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On Wed, November 21, 2007 00:01, devzero@web.de wrote: >>There is.. it's called "root privileges". > yes, true. > > but - regardless of being a windows app or not - what if you want to take a look on your system as a whole, > especially when using some tool which graphically shows how and where your diskspace is being used? if i > let this run from ordinary useraccount it would get lot`s of "permission denied" and then it`s only telling > half of the truth.....
Such a tool shouldn't need to open any files, whether they're device files or not. Do you expect it to open /dev/zero etc. too and read from an infinitely sized "file"?
>> > i`d wish there would be some fence around this or iTCO_wdt /dev/watchdog not being active after a >> default desktop installation.
Delete it?
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