Re: HowTo read/write /dev/port from a user not root

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• From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:44:34 +0100
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On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 10:42 +0100, Dario Lesca wrote:
> Hi, is possible read and write on /dev/port via a normal user (not
> root)? 


it should not be possible; since when I have access to /dev/port as
normal user I can easily get root rights ...

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