Re: Confusing help texts?

Greg KH
2002-12-11T23:39:34Z

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:44:22PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> + * Prevents any programs running with egid == 0 if a specific USB device
> + * is not present in the system. Yes, it can be gotten around, but is a
> + * nice starting point for people to play with, and learn the LSM
> + * interface.
>
> How can you "prevent any program"?

Heh, it's confusing, sorry.

>
> + It enables control over processes being created by root users
> + if a specific USB device is not present in the system.
>
> Enables control over processes?

Basically, if the USB device is not in the system, then you can not
start any new program as egid = 0. That's all.

Patches gladly accepted to clean this stuff up :)

thanks,

greg k-h