Subject: Re: Dividing securelevel implications to kauth(9) scopes
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/17/2006 20:32:15
YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> i don't think it's so obvious.
>
> to define a kauth action, we need to figure out
> why sticopen should be prohibited.
> otherwise, we end up to have KAUTH_DRIVER_STICOPEN,
> which is a poor choice, IMO.
See below:
> besides, it can be done by listening more generic actions like "open".
> in that case, you want to pass vnode pointer or dev_t, so that listener
> can check if it's a "dangerous" device.
That's the idea. The list is just where we *currently* check for
the securelevel.
-e.
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Elad Efrat