Re: Linux 2.6.7

On Jun-16 2004, Wed, 13:18 +0100
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

2.6.7's airo.ko (unlike 2.6.6's) won't allow the user to set
ESSID via "echo myessid >/proc/driver/aironet/ethX/SSID".

Changes like this shouldn't probably be made in the middle
of a stable series.

Changes like this are called bugs.  The thing is, original variant of
function (actually, both read and write) was also buggy and trivially
exploitable, so fixing it was needed.  Fscking it up was not, obviously.

Sure, I just assumed somebody had done this on purpose.

Fix follows; see if it works for you.

Works for me, thanks.

-- 
Tomas Szepe [off-list ref]