Re: Can a driver give root privileges to a process?

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Arjan van de Ven wrote:

Yes it is possible. The moment you do though your driver will end up on
bugtraq pretty fast. I can't believe "lets ignore security"!

I know I need to consider the security issues before delivering the product, but I want to at least explore the option first.


However, I was hoping you would tell me HOW I give root privileges to a process from a driver.


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