Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:28:31 -0500 (EST) From: Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perms of /dev/uhid0 Message-ID: <20031126102631.L16087@cithaeron.argolis.org> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.0.20031126101602.06e8e9f0@209.112.4.2> References: <6.0.1.1.0.20031126101602.06e8e9f0@209.112.4.2>
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > gastest# ls -l /dev/uhid0 > crw-rw---- 1 root operator 122, 0 Nov 12 05:26 /dev/uhid0 > gastest# > > Is it safe to chmod o+r /dev/uhid0 ? Or is there a better way to drop > privs of the daemon yet still be able to read from the device ? Maybe I'm a bit off, but: wouldn't it be okay to 'chgrp upsmon /dev/uhid0' in usbd.conf, and make a upsmon user and group to run the daemon under? -- Matt Piechota
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