Openmoko Bug #2321: any user can run wmiconfig -i eth0 --power maxperf

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Mon Dec 7 13:25:44 CET 2009


#2321: any user can run wmiconfig -i eth0 --power maxperf
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 Reporter:  lindi            |          Owner:  openmoko-kernel
     Type:  defect           |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  low              |      Milestone:                 
Component:  System Software  |        Version:  unspecified    
 Severity:  normal           |       Keywords:                 
 Haspatch:  0                |      Blockedby:                 
Estimated:                   |    Patchreview:                 
 Blocking:                   |   Reproducible:                 
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Comment(by lindi):

 Simple principle of least surprise. You need root privileges to set ESSID,
 I was surprised I could modify other parameters are a regular user. Are
 there any other wlan drivers that allow this?

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