From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266465AbUHVVww (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:52:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266777AbUHVVuZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:50:25 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:18576 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267383AbUHVVtb (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:49:31 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Alan Cox To: Christer Weinigel Cc: Pascal Schmidt , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Jens Axboe In-Reply-To: References: <2ptdY-42Y-55@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uPdM-380-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uUwL-6VP-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uWfh-8jo-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <2uXl0-Gt-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vge2-63k-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vgQF-6Ai-39@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vipq-7O8-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vj2b-8md-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vDtS-bq-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <412770EA.nail9DO11D18Y@burner> <412889FC.nail9MX1X3XW5@burner> <1093191541.24759.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093207625.25039.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:47:07 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sul, 2004-08-22 at 18:31, Christer Weinigel wrote: > On the other hand a bug in my favourite cd burner application could > give away SYS_CAP_RAWIO instead, and I think that is even worse. Its not an easy trade off- I don't know if there is a right answer. Despite the UI problems in both cdrecord and its author the internal code is actually quite rigorous so its something I'd be more comfortable giving limited rawio access than quite a few other apps that touch external public data. Alan