From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933090AbXDFVYy (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 17:24:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933094AbXDFVYy (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 17:24:54 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]:62721 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933099AbXDFVYx (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 17:24:53 -0400 From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> Subject: Re: need help To: vjn , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: 7eggert@gmx.de Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:24:41 +0200 References: <86Xi2-6La-421@gated-at.bofh.it> User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Message-Id: X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-Information: See www.mailscanner.info for information X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-From: 7eggert@gmx.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19+3rxgiZ0U5QR3n8cD9M9Xf49WVWvD1K0wCyi FnuzvO2eEXyrjEqmioW3Axv7udi4LJURxm1S9NOsMFjwhy/SYd AGUK90u5uSKPWKDVIWGyw== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org vjn wrote: > in my project i want to code the kernel such that when i plugged my usb it > should ask for password and check it in the kernel space . can anyone help > me No, since the kernel has no way to ask for input. Imagine a two-seated machine with two keyboards, mice and monitors, one terminal at each serial port, three users logging in using XDM and one disconnected screen session on tty6. Who's going to be asked? And in case of X11 or XDM: How should the kernel authenticate to the user's screen? -- A beggar walked up to a well-dressed woman shopping on Rodeo Drive and said, "I haven't eaten anything for days." She looked at him and said, "God, I wish I had your willpower." Friß, Spammer: O5YrJ-q@gshdlY.7eggert.dyndns.org