Re: permissions on /proc/tty/driver/
From: Thomas Voegtle
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 11:42:52 EST
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Thomas Voegtle wrote:
> we noticed that only root can enter /proc/tty/driver/, which appears to be
> wrong, because the files therein are actually world readable...
I found out why this was done:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.29
Chris Wright:
o /proc/tty/driver/serial reveals the exact number of characters used
in serial links (CAN-2003-0461)
So, please ignore this patch I sent.
Thomas
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