Re: suser/fsuser checks

From: Lachlan McIlroy (lachlanat_private)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 18:49:52 PDT

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    Chris Wright wrote:
    
    > * Lachlan McIlroy (lachlanat_private) wrote:
    > 
    >>Thanks for the info Chris, I'll have a look around for
    >>those patches and see what they do.  Ultimately, I would
    >>like to see all calls to suser() replaced with calls to
    >>capable().
    >>
    > 
    > Here is the last patch I've seen:
    > 
    > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=101125573300001&r=1&w=2
    > 
    > I agree, they should all be replaced.
    > 
    > cheers,
    > -chris
    > 
    > 
    > 
    
    I found the same patch, unfortunately the author has left
    the job of removing the calls to suser() to the maintainers
    of the individual drivers.
    
    -- 
    Lachlan McIlroy
    
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