Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:36:50 -0400 (EDT) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation) |
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On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Jakma, Paul wrote:
> > > 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.
Well, the question that exists in my mind is, what are the permissions initially? Who sets them, and where? For such as /dev/hda...
Stephen
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