Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:27:22 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Q: device(file) permissions for USB |
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:30:50PM +0100, Rene Rebe wrote: > > This is what I do - but IT SUCKS!! Can't the USB stuff simply use devfs so > I can control the permissions of this USB nodes in a very nice / cleaner > way I do with all my other stuff??? (In contrast to use some find -name > | xargs chmod ... or simillar hacks ...)
How is using devfs (and devfsd) any different in "hack level" from using /sbin/hotplug?
usbdevfs does not require devfs, which enables the majority of Linux users to actually use it.
thanks,
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