From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266006AbUHHRbo (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Aug 2004 13:31:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266014AbUHHRbo (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Aug 2004 13:31:44 -0400 Received: from vivaldi.madbase.net ([81.173.6.10]:5841 "HELO vivaldi.madbase.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266006AbUHHRbn (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Aug 2004 13:31:43 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 13:31:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Lammerts X-X-Sender: eric@vivaldi.madbase.net To: Joerg Schilling cc: axboe@suse.de, James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices In-Reply-To: <200408061330.i76DU2Tm005937@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> Message-ID: References: <200408061330.i76DU2Tm005937@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Joerg Schilling wrote: > The CAM interface (which is from the SCSI standards group) > usually is implemeted in a way that applications open /dev/cam and > later supply bus, target and lun in order to get connected > to any device on the system that talks SCSI. > > Let me repeat: If you believe that this is a bad idea, give very > good reasons. With this interface, how do you grant non-root users access to a CD writer, but prevent them from directly accessing a SCSI harddisk? Eric