Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:37:44 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Q: device(file) permissions for USB |
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Greg KH wrote:
> 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
Because anybody who uses devfs might as well make everything in /dev 666 and do the same with /etc/shadow while we are at it?
> > | 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.
s/majority of/& sane/
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