chmod 660 on /dev/pass*

Joerg Sonnenberger joerg at britannica.bec.de
Fri Mar 11 11:26:17 PST 2005


On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 08:13:46PM +0100, Joerg Anslik wrote:
> I think we should by default grant a 660 to /dev/pass*, which IMHO
> won't result in a critical security risc. (It will, however, save me
> some valuable time by not having to change the permissions manually
> after a "make upgrade". :)

It is. Because pass allows you to do some pretty nasty stuff
with the SCSI bus. It shouldn't be a problem for you to change
it on demand :)

Joerg 





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