Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jakma, Paul" <> | Subject | RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation) | Date | Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:52:34 +0100 |
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> > the permissions in a config file, exact syntax i forget, > but something like: > > > > /dev/sd/c0b1t3u0 PERM root.disk 664 > > /dev/sd PERM root.disk 660 > > > > etc.. and all your SCSI disks will automatically get these > perm's when > > they're created, except for disk bus1id3, which get's > special perms's.. etc. > > > > now that's nice. Much easier to admin, which leads to > better security, etc. > > Hmm, true, much nicer. What about devices that are > needed to read > that config file? Or are the permissions on those just reset > once the config > file is read? >
devfsd doesn't act retroactively. but there's no reason it couldn't be made scan existing permissions upon startup. There's a lot of nifty things that could be done with devfsd.
regards,
Paul Jakma.
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