World writable speakup files in Linux next

[Frost]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 04:41:57PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> No, you can't, because the loggued-in person might be a
> virus/worm/attacker/whatever which compromised the user's account.

	Then your security was breached already, and has nothing to do 
with speakup.  Personally, I think it's far worse for security to let a 
user have access to any and every mail client on the system, in case 
they use it to spam the entire planet with it, and those are left wide 
open on purpose. <shrugs> You don't see me clamping down restrictions on 
those, just because someone *might* abuse them and lose me my internet 
connection.

	If it's a virus, then it's not SpeakUP's problem, but mine for 
not following proper prophylactic procedures.  If it's a user on the 
system goofing off, first they get warned, then they lose their 
accounts.  Again, it's not SpeakUP's fault.  Having access to SpeakUP 
from any console under any account *is* my problem, and I don't want to 
go thru 20 different steps, just to kick up the volume a notch on my own 
friggin keyboard.  I certainly don't want to have to go through 20 
different steps every time I need to su to someone else to check if 
something is working properly for them.  Secure SpeakUP on your own, 
create your own distro, and release that if you want.  Stay out of my 
computer.

				Michael