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Subject: Re: tty_snoop: why check uid?
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Joel Ray Holveck wrote:
> 
> Why does the snp device check to make sure that the user invoking it
> is root, instead of letting the admin set the permissions on the
> device to whatever he feels appropriate?
> 
> Happy hacking,
> joelh
> 
> PS: Yes, I have a context diff to allow a kernel option to disable
> this check availible on request.
> 
> --
> http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu
> All my opinions are my own, not the Free Software Foundation's.
> 
> Second law of programming:
> Anything that can go wrong wi
> sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped

this would allow anyone who can 'talk' to you  to 'snoop' 
on you as well..
it this your intention?