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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 09:40:22 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CACv9p5p7uisY-RYYo6xo_kxigWLd0bQT5N+49CmWm-+9c8=N8w@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Run!
Actually, please inform us of the name of this fine establishment that crafts such outstanding software so that we can all enjoy its mindful design features.
On August 26, 2017 9:03:10 AM EDT, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>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
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