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[ale] Give application write access to /dev/console?
- Subject: [ale] Give application write access to /dev/console?
- From: jim.kinney at gmail.com (Jim Kinney)
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 08:42:54 -0400
- In-reply-to: <CACv9p5p7uisY-RYYo6xo_kxigWLd0bQT5N+49CmWm-+9c8=N8w@mail.gmail.com>
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Shouldn't that be handled by other processes? App writes to STDOUT and that is passed to appropriate location including console.
On August 26, 2017 4:59:44 AM EDT, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>For some reason this strikes me as not a great idea, but no solid
>reason
>comes to mind. The application installer says it needs write access to
>/dev/console.
>
>Is there an actual security risk?
>
>Leam
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