From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 06:45:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 06:45:58 -0500 Received: from kiruna.synopsys.com ([204.176.20.18]:33274 "HELO kiruna.synopsys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 06:45:57 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:49:38 +0100 From: Alex Riesen To: mingo@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: world read permissions on /proc/irq/prof_cpu_mask and ...smp_affinity Message-ID: <20021203114938.GD26745@riesen-pc.gr05.synopsys.com> Reply-To: Alexander.Riesen@synopsys.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Synopsys, Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello! Is there any reason to set the permissions to 0600? It makes the admin to login as root just to look on the current system state. Is there something against 0644? -alex