patch-2.1.100 linux/drivers/char/console.c

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diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.99/linux/drivers/char/console.c linux/drivers/char/console.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
 	    long p, q;
 
 	    /* prevent users from taking too much memory */
-	    if (i >= MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES && !suser())
+	    if (i >= MAX_NR_USER_CONSOLES && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 	      return -EPERM;
 
 	    /* due to the granularity of kmalloc, we waste some memory here */

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