Re: Operator, Information, give me geom.ctl on the line

In reply to: Rodney W. Grimes: "Re: Operator, Information, give me geom.ctl on the line"
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:14:50 UTC

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Rodney W. Grimes writes:

> Have I missed something in the thread, operators should only have read
> access to the nodes, how are they  being allowed to modify anything?

I tried to explain that in the initial message.

Short version: geom.ctl, ioctl, no access control beyond open(2).

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