Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

>Giving up while scanning is a problem for other reasons.
>Let me introduce you to SE Linux. One can have RAWIO
>capability, RT capability, mlock() capability, and still not
>have the right to access all devices. You might not even
>be able to get stat() to succeed, but you could burn a CD
>if you use the correct device file.
>
Unfortunately, setting up SELinux is currently not easy.

Jan Engelhardt
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