/dev/nvram

[Jakub Bogusz]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 02:19:47PM +0200, Adam Gołębiowski wrote:
> /dev/nvram is 600,root,root now. In order to use kmilo's thinkpad
> plugin, this has to be at least readable by user (at least read-only is
> sufficient for volume controls and 'access ibm' button). 
> 
> Anyone objects on changing it to 664,root,root?

Yes. It would be possible to read some BIOS password (depending on BIOS
type) as ordinary user.


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