On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:05:01PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > 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. > > I'm not sure I get what you mean there (what are these CAP_* values?). Different capability permission values. Look in include/linux/capability.h for more information. It's more fine grained than just "root". Hope this helps, greg k-h
