On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:23:37 +0200 Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Montag, 29. Juni 2009 17:10:29 schrieb Alan Cox: > > On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:56:54 -0400 (EDT) > > > > Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This patch (as1258) implements a feature that users have been asking > > > for: It gives programs the ability to "claim" a port on a hub, via a > > > new usbfs ioctl. A device plugged into a "claimed" port will not be > > > touched by the kernel beyond the immediate necessities of > > > initialization and enumeration. > > > > I see no auth checks in this - presumably end users shouldn't be able to > > go around nuking ports ? > > If you wish to give them access to the hub device, why not? That's > a user space problem. So what governs the ability to do that - file permissions - in which case we have auth and that would explain the lack of auth checks or is there just no auth at all ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
