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[ale] Give application write access to /dev/console?
- Subject: [ale] Give application write access to /dev/console?
- From: leamhall at gmail.com (Leam Hall)
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:03:10 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CACv9p5p7uisY-RYYo6xo_kxigWLd0bQT5N+49CmWm-+9c8=N8w@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]>
After going over their initial list of requirements I'm pretty sure they
shouldn't be trying to sell software. Things like write access to
/etc/login.
On 08/26/2017 08:42 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 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