On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> 2) I can't imagine newbie would experiment with ioctls like this. They
> usually don't know what an ioctl is.
>
> So it doesn't help them either.
>
>
> So why all the screaming and shouting?
I think just because he likes to scream and shout :)
Like others I don't understand what the problem is, though...
If root access, anything can happen.
If not root access (such as throught ioctls), the kernel must do
permission and sanity checks.
Jeff
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