From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266831AbUHTM2N (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:28:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266689AbUHTM0W (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:26:22 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:34951 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266643AbUHTM0C (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:26:02 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Alan Cox To: Frank Steiner Cc: Joerg Schilling , kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, diablod3@gmail.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <4125AC3B.8060707@bio.ifi.lmu.de> References: <200408041233.i74CX93f009939@wildsau.enemy.org> <4124A024.nail7X62HZNBB@burner> <4124BA10.6060602@bio.ifi.lmu.de> <1092925942.28353.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4125AC3B.8060707@bio.ifi.lmu.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093001024.30854.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:23:46 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2004-08-20 at 08:46, Frank Steiner wrote: > The security thing and the problems with 2.6.8.1 keeping users from burning > (I have my set patched in now to allow users burning again, nor sure if > it is safe...) is a general issue as far as I understand, and nothing > SuSE specific. Its a generic "kernel < 2.6.8.1" thing. Its one reason Fedora pushed a 2.6.8- kernel. If you've re-enabled unlimited access to your box you've let your users destroy your machine. Whether that matters probably depends on your users.