I wrote this in -current ML too,
From: Kevin Brunelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:10:10 -0500
> > It's not system call but `od' driver does check if the medium is
> > writable or not. It returns EACCESS when the mount option is -rw and
> > the medium is read-only. `od' is drived from `da' so quick hack will
> > do the trick.
>
> This is all for scsi drives. I may not know everything, but I know most
> floppies aren't scsi! But, I am sure the problem exists for both. I know
Are there any reason not to check the device is writable or not, if
its opened with a write flag ? Just returning error when open() call
prevents this problem.
// Noriaki Mitsunaga //
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