From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-gw0-f46.google.com (mail-gw0-f46.google.com [74.125.83.46]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B81C1A44C; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:28:39 -0500 (EST) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so3221412gwj.33 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:28:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=O2xaBYK+fWjZc3DM3njThi12IW4zR+Dnj2kX6aSLD9M=; b=EerVG/uoc14AK7vDXfx1ZwnWR6FP+igNUSIubeoRUNj/GiINgClDbXrQBSrUgAiSqK 089YLvRrozXonzgha679lEtBLW8zsmBFmzkuqRTSVu6BXEAY2Vlj0POV3+q5u/xXsk0K 0Dr92/qQoSL/0bo4t42Gywpsf/LAeNliys0RQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=LNvdDr2XuAAaO5elqcKEgMCKK4ekRUugrnOGTdjL/+MB4tgviPd+UtNxByrDYoLWXB ZrOJec7Rh2Ut5jBoBYvmefJT6DM4YDFiurC7xUPq3iU/qheAR29++dRXwBIfL7aGzRaI AYq8K9DoUxKcAyf7TlTRsduZ9usag4+J5ENoM= Received: by 10.91.18.33 with SMTP id v33mr3074732agi.153.1292106519267; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:28:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from linux1 (cpe-76-183-49-63.tx.res.rr.com [76.183.49.63]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 37sm5163525anr.4.2010.12.11.14.28.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:28:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by linux1 (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:28:34 -0600 Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:28:34 -0600 From: William Hubbs To: Christopher Brannon Subject: Re: World writable speakup files in Linux next Message-ID: <20101211222834.GA27436@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Brannon , Greg KH , kirk@braille.uwo.ca, samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org, speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20101210190047.GA19219@kroah.com> <87lj3wufx7.fsf@the-brannons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <87lj3wufx7.fsf@the-brannons.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Greg KH , kirk@braille.uwo.ca, speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:28:40 -0000 On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:02:12PM +0000, Christopher Brannon wrote: > Greg KH writes: >=20 > > As I don't want to just blindly remove the world writable permissions on >=20 > Hah, hah! This is very punny, though I'm certain that you didn't intend > to make a pun. (Highlighting *blindly*). >=20 > > all of these files, could someone go through and verify which ones > > should and should not be world writable? >=20 > Personally, I'd say ditch the world-readable bit. We should deal with > this in terms of groups. The only user who should really be able to > write to these files is the one sitting at the console. Do we know for sure that udev can manipulate the group ownership of files in the /sys hierarchy? I'll be the first to admit that I have only briefly looked at udev, but I don't think we should remove the world writable bit until we know for sure whether udev can do anything with the /sys hierarchy. Thanks, William