Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Oct 1999 19:05:53 -0400 (EDT) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device alloc ation) ) |
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On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> In message <199910072150.RAA27710@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl>, Horst von Brand > writes > : > +----- > | > The use of a config file to determine permissions/ownership is not foreign > | > to the kernel or filesystems. > | > | Name one use of configuration files for local permissions/ownership on > | Unix/Linux. > +--->8 > > SunOS 4: /etc/fbtab > Solaris: /etc/logindevperm > Red Hat 6.x: /etc/security/console.perms
Created by userland, used for userland, the same could be said about any script I write that uses chown/chmod. Point being, it isn't needed for kernel consistancy.
Stephen
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