Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

On 01/04/06 08:28:59PM +0100, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> 
> On 2006-01-04, at 19:17, Florian Schmidt wrote:
> >Maybe create a /proc control, so users can revert
> >to the olde behaviour if there really is any need.
> 
> YES YES! After all who doesn't use his system logged in as root?

You can change the rights and ownership of files in /proc, so distributions
that use something like pam_console could change them when someone logs in.
That and most people know that poking around in /proc generally requires
root priviledges so making them use su or sudo wouldn't be a surprise.

Jim.
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