Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 07 Mar 2003 09:22:04 +1100 | From | Douglas Gilbert <> | Subject | Re: sysfs mount point permissions in 2.5.64 |
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Patrick,
Thanks. That patch fixed the problem I reported.
Doug Gilbert
Patrick Mochel wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > > >>In lk 2.5.64 on my i386 box the sysfs mount point >>( "/sys") changes permission from: >> drwxr-xr-x >>to >> drw-r--r-- >>during the boot process. I didn't notice this feature >>in lk 2.5.63 . Chmodding the directory back to its former >>permissions get overridden by subsequent boot sequences. >> >>This change in permissions inhibits non-root users from using >>utilities that scan sysfs for information (e.g. lsscsi). >> >>Is this a feature or otherwise? > > > This is certainly not intended, and is entirely my fault. The patch below > should fix it. > > -pat > > ===== fs/sysfs/mount.c 1.5 vs edited ===== > --- 1.5/fs/sysfs/mount.c Tue Mar 4 12:17:14 2003 > +++ edited/fs/sysfs/mount.c Wed Mar 5 17:06:25 2003 > @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ > sb->s_op = &sysfs_ops; > sysfs_sb = sb; > > - inode = sysfs_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > + inode = sysfs_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO); > if (inode) { > inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations; > inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations; >
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