On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:36:17PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > 3* Define a security policy for that password issue. I think we simply > should disable the Vaio EEPROM in the eeprom module if we find there is > a password set. It could be forced using the force_eeprom module > parameter (or should we define another module parameter?) Another > possibility is to hide that particular field instead, but I'm not sure > it's worth the work. How about only allowing root (or the proper CAP_* value) to read this value. I imagine it would be useful for some people to get access to this for legimate reasons. thanks, greg k-h