Messages in this thread | | | From | Shawn Leas <> | Subject | RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation) | Date | Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:27:31 -0500 |
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From: Horst von Brand [mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl] Subject: Re: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation)
>> through sudo to manage floppies.
>"sudo mdir a:" is exactly as easy to use as "mdir a:". Dunno if something >like "sudo mcopy a:somepkg.tar.gz - | tar zxvf -" works, perhaps it does.
>Also has the quite interesting side effect that "sudo mcopy /etc/shadow a:" >does work fine.
I don't think we want to complain that devfs is at fault for the fact that sudo access can be dangerous.
-Shawn
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