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SubjectRe: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev (new idea)
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linker@nightshade.z.ml.org said:
> No one has advocated having the KERNEL update config files.. Thats
> upto a userspace util..

> A reasonable default is root.root mode 700... Although the most
> conserviatve of all possible modes, it would still allow a root shell
> to work just fine.


I propose including the default permissions in the register_chrdev (or
better yet register_device_node) function. In many cases, this will eliminate
the need to have anything other then the default permissions.
--
Steve Williams
steve@icarus.com
steve@picturel.com

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."



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