Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:48:21 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev |
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Andrea Arcangeli writes: > On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, linux kernel account wrote: > > >Personaly, I would rather maintain the config file then the directory > >structure.. > > This is the only point that _sure_ I don' t agree with you. You don' t > considered how manage modules device permission and ownership too.
Sigh. As I've said a few times now, the sysadmin can chmod()/chown() the device manually and that change is preserved across reboots. I agree with you that:
# chmod /dev/...
is a quite convenient way of configuring device protections. And we can support that :-)
Regards,
Richard....
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