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Message-ID: <44BCAD19.8070004@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:42:49 +0300
From: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@...il.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
CC: linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: input/eventX permissions, force feedback
Currently most distributions have /dev/input/event* strictly as 0600
root:root or 0640 root:root. The user logged in will not have rights to
the device, unlike /dev/input/js*, as he could read all passwords from
the keyboard device.
This is a problem, because /dev/input/event* is used for force feedback
and should therefore be user-accessible.
I can think of the following solutions to this problem:
1. Some creative udev rule to chmod /dev/input/event* less strictly when
it has a /dev/input/js* and is thus a gaming device.
2. Some creative udev rule to chmod /dev/input/event* more strictly when
it is a keyboard.
3. Have another force feedback interface also in /dev/input/js*.
I prefer the first one, do you think it is a good solution or do you
have a better one?
If I go with the first one, what is the preferred way of finding out a
gaming device in udev rule?
--
Anssi Hannula
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