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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