Alan Cox wrote:
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 04:50:35PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
It has been said before. Imagine if someone left a mic snooping
program running on Session #1 while Session #2 came along and started
talking on the phone? This kind of thing should be prevented BY
DEFAULT.
Absolutely
But why not just block any other access? A tape drive wouldn't work
well with 2 writers but unix systems can usually prevent that without
breaking a running session because someone else logs in nearby.
Imagine if session #1 is already on an emergency phone call while
On an IP phone ? Not a good idea already
People don't plan when emergencies are going to happen.
someone switches VT's and they get cut off. That kind of thing should
Such an application if truely critical should lock the VT switch off
If you knew you were going to have an emergency you'd probably do
something to avoid it instead of planning how to avoid a surprising loss
of device access.
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