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Date:      Tue, 16 May 1995 11:42:03 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      guido@kitty.lss.cp.philips.com (Guido van Rooij)
To:        bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Cc:        pst@Shockwave.COM, wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/423: security of sound devices
Message-ID:  <m0sBJ8d-00020fC@kitty.lss.cp.philips.com>
In-Reply-To: <199505160633.QAA24269@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at May 16, 95 04:33:04 pm

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> 
> We have /usr/src/etc/fbtab but it doesn't have enough devices, all
> devices are commented out, and it doesn't get installed.
> 

That's because I gave up after moving the thing around, first from
usr/src/etc to usr/src/share/examples and then back again...:-((

> >If you look at /usr/src/usr.bin/login/login_fbtab.c you'll see the
> >comments that describe what's supposed to happen. Those comments
> >should probably be made into a man page, and a default /etc/fbtab
> 
> We have fbtab.5 and it even gets installed :-).
> 

Yes!

> >file should probably be added to the distribution so people will
> >have some idea that this feature exists.
> 
> The distribution should be as secure as possible by default.  What
> goes wrong if /etc/fbtab is too restrictive?  What is the equivalent
> of `mesg y'?

I agree with that, though an ordinary user should not be hindered by
too restrictive fbtab's.

-Guido



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