Re: [Dri-devel] Security in new drivers

2003-02-14 Thread Philip Brown
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:23:07PM -0700, John Bartoszewski wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:14:21PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: Also keep in mind that access to the DRI can be controlled via ownership and permissions of the /dev/dri/cardX devices. On a private machine this is method is

Re: [Dri-devel] Security in new drivers

2003-02-14 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 23:56, Philip Brown wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:23:07PM -0700, John Bartoszewski wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:14:21PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: Also keep in mind that access to the DRI can be controlled via ownership and permissions of the /dev/dri/cardX

Re: [Dri-devel] Security in new drivers

2003-02-14 Thread Philip Brown
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:51:57AM +, Alan Cox wrote: On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 23:56, Philip Brown wrote: how is only user joebrown can read and write /dev/dri/card0 any less effective when there are multiple users on the box ?? As well as the unix permissions DRI is also playing games