Re: [Kbde-general] kbde and gentoo 2.6.14 r5

[Geoffrey <eso...@3t...>]

Valery Reznic wrote:
> 
> --- Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>One thing to note is that the make file does not
>>
>>set
>>
>>>>the permissions on 
>>>>the /dev/kbde device for regular users.  That's a
>>>>good thing from a 
>>>>security perspective, but a problem if you're not
>>>>aware of it.
>>>
>>>kbde error message is verbose enought, isn't it ?
>>
>>Sure it is. :)
>>
>>kbde: can't open '/dev/kbde' - Permission denied
>>
>>I just kept forgetting to modify the perms....
> 
> Still it better than
> crw-rw-rw- /dev/kbde

Absolutely.  I agree completely with the build process you have in 
place.  I'd rather have it secure from the start, and let me shoot my 
own foot. :)

Thanks for a great tool, by the way.  We are well on our way to using it 
to test our new gui application.  Fire it up in the evening and check 
our data in the morning.


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey