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SubjectRE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation)
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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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