From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268122AbUHTOsc (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:48:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268134AbUHTOsc (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:48:32 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:63623 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268122AbUHTOs3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:48:29 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Alan Cox To: Joerg Schilling Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, fsteiner-mail@bio.ifi.lmu.de, diablod3@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <41260675.nail8LDG1UIJL@burner> References: <200408041233.i74CX93f009939@wildsau.enemy.org> <4124A024.nail7X62HZNBB@burner> <4124BA10.6060602@bio.ifi.lmu.de> <1092925942.28353.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4125E5B9.nail8LD2EG3NM@burner> <1093001143.30940.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41260675.nail8LDG1UIJL@burner> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093009555.30941.48.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:46:08 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2004-08-20 at 15:11, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > > > On a decently administrated Linux system, only root is able to send SCSI > > > commands because only root is able to open the apropriate /dev/* entries. > > > > Wrong (as usual) > > Useless as usual :-( Unlike you I spend some of my time looking at large real world Linux installations. *Plonk*