Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Logical problem withj devfs/devfsd | | Date | Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:59:25 +0000 (GMT) | | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Richard decided that's how devfs will work (r-x on symlinks). Normally > symlinks are always rwx, but Richard made the decision "to break > programs that oughtn't depend on this" as far as I can tell.
His symlinks are broken yes
> > Therefore the pcm and mixer devices are not accessible for writing.
Note I changed these to be owner only. You cannot default stuff like pcm to general access its not secure. It is the job of PAM to assign devices to console users.
> Are you sure? As I understand symlinks, the permissions of the symlink > don't matter.
In theory
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