how i install speakup in ubuntu -------------------------------------------------- From: "Frost" <znvyyvfgf@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:53 PM To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Subject: Re: World writable speakup files in Linux next > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 02:06:12PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> > >But, the world writable bit can be seen as a big security issue right >> > >now, right? It would be good to get that fixed, or at the very least, >> > >narrowed down a lot right now. > > Can't you just monitor for keyboard activity alone, as when > you're in a terminal console, operating the system remotely, you don't > need to issue commands to SpeakUP? Only at the local keyboard? > > Maybe it's too complicated because of the kernel or what-not. I > don't know. I just figure that if it's not coming from /dev/Stty#, then > the command should be allowed, or only allowed if the commands are being > issued by a logged in user at the console, unless it's a major security > risk to have the cat accidently pressing a SpeakUp key combo. If you > trust a person on your system enough to give them a user account, then > it stands reasonable that you alsod trust them enough not to F with /sys > and speakupconf without knowing what they're doing > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
