Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-04 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Dec 02, 2007, at 13:45:44, Matti Aarnio wrote: This lack of having stable(*) unique system identifier available to applications is one of the small details that make node locked commercial software delivery challenging thing in UNIX environments.. *) "stable" as both stable data, and

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-04 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Dec 02, 2007, at 13:45:44, Matti Aarnio wrote: This lack of having stable(*) unique system identifier available to applications is one of the small details that make node locked commercial software delivery challenging thing in UNIX environments.. *) stable as both stable data, and

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-02 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 07:46:19AM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably > > > Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number > > > > So they can't be installed on a

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-02 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 10:07:46PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > There are people who, for privacy reasons, really don't like that "unique" > > unchangeable serial numbers can be retrieved by untrusted users. > > > > You should probably chmod the file on the users system, if he is

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-02 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel=96836765403118=2, Linus wrote: > > Hmm.. I have this feeling that it would be much nicer to > > just implement the NT system calls directly. > > ... > > I wouldn't be adverse to supporting Wine better... > > A few years on, Wine has matured to the point

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-02 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=96836765403118w=2, Linus wrote: Hmm.. I have this feeling that it would be much nicer to just implement the NT system calls directly. ... I wouldn't be adverse to supporting Wine better... A few years on, Wine has matured to the point where it's

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-02 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 10:07:46PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: There are people who, for privacy reasons, really don't like that unique unchangeable serial numbers can be retrieved by untrusted users. You should probably chmod the file on the users system, if he is fine with

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-12-02 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 07:46:19AM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote: On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number So they can't be installed on a network drive

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
On Thursday 29 November 2007, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 4:46 PM, Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably > > > > Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Kay Sievers
On Nov 29, 2007 4:46 PM, Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably > > > Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number > > > > So they can't be installed on

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Dan Kegel
On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably > > Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number > > So they can't be installed on a network drive ? I think Adobe supports that, though perhaps not with

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 07:13 -0800, Dan Kegel wrote: > A few years on, Wine has matured to the point where it's > ready to run quite a few apps, even some protected by Safedisc. > One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably > Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial

Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Dan Kegel
On 2000-09-07, in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel=96836765403118=2, Linus wrote: > Hmm.. I have this feeling that it would be much nicer to > just implement the NT system calls directly. > ... > I wouldn't be adverse to supporting Wine better... A few years on, Wine has matured to the point

Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Dan Kegel
On 2000-09-07, in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=96836765403118w=2, Linus wrote: Hmm.. I have this feeling that it would be much nicer to just implement the NT system calls directly. ... I wouldn't be adverse to supporting Wine better... A few years on, Wine has matured to the point where

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 07:13 -0800, Dan Kegel wrote: A few years on, Wine has matured to the point where it's ready to run quite a few apps, even some protected by Safedisc. One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Dan Kegel
On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number So they can't be installed on a network drive ? I think Adobe supports that, though perhaps not with the

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Kay Sievers
On Nov 29, 2007 4:46 PM, Dan Kegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial number So they can't be installed on a network

Re: Relax permissions for reading hard drive serial number?

2007-11-29 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
On Thursday 29 November 2007, Kay Sievers wrote: On Nov 29, 2007 4:46 PM, Dan Kegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 29, 2007 7:37 AM, Xavier Bestel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One sticking point is that apps like Photoshop and probably Punkbuster want to retrieve the hard drive's serial