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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ioperm call on FreeBSD?
Date: 6 Jan 1996 17:48:37 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac) writes:

> iomem access control being granted through a special file makes it
> possible for the program to execute setgid iomem, rather than setuid
> root, even though the point is moot since the iomem hole is big
> enough to allow the program programmed io to the disc...  Still,
> cosmetically speaking :)

Iomem acces _is_ granted through a special file, and it's up to you to
create a group iomem for it.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)