On Fri, 28 May 2010 18:54:44 +0500 Shaz <shazal...@gmail.com> said: > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Tom Hacohen <t...@stosb.com> wrote: > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Shaz <shazal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Still not satisfied because sharing phones is very unusual. > > > > Although unusual, it's a nice feature, and it's easy to do (after you run > > everything as non-root). > > In other words, don't try to justify a bad design. (i.e hardcoding user > > names). > > So going back to the point where Mickey pointed out that this requires > some change in the kernel. I still have no idea why. Is the root > currently hard coded? Let me check ... > > Mickey said: You may have to fix the kernel to provide sysfs access to > non-priviledged users. I don't get this.
(write) access you can get via setuid-root tools that handle specific access for specific users or group members - no root changes needed if you go through such tools - or... if you expose a service that runs as root and lets non-root users connect and request things - it can also authenticate as it desires i don't see where kernel changes are needed here as the kernel guys simply say "not our problem - it's a userspace problem. solve it up there" and the solution is as above. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com
