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FromShawn Leas <>
SubjectRE: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device a lloc ation) )
DateFri, 8 Oct 1999 12:59:23 -0500
From: Horst von Brand [mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl]
Subject: Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device
allocation) )

>If I want to allow all users/some users to access the floppy drive, I have
>to recompile the kernel?? Or at least reboot? If you want that, you know
>where you can find systems that can't be reconfigured in trivial ways
>without rebooting.

What the hell are you talking about??? This is pure ignorance.

>>>> 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.
>> This is a straw man argument. You take an easy target, knock it down,
>> and it really doesn't mean anything, but you claim victory. Shame.
>You claimed the above, I ask where this is done, and now I'm fighting
>strawmen set up by me?!

No, I'm saying the argument (not made by me) was a weak one,
and by winning that little battle, you do definitely freaking
NOT win ANY argument.

-Shawn

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