Re: /dev/plex86 permissions
On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 22:07:02 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:28:11PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
>
> > Currently /dev/plex86 defaults to mode 666 on devfs. Is this really
> desired?
> >
> > Perhaps we should have a plex86 group and make the device node default
> to
> > mode 660 and group plex86?
>
> I would say that it should default to 600 and be adjusted by the local
> admin. Or is it possible for plex86 to set things up correctly at
> installation time by dropping a config file under /etc/devfs/conf.d?
Hello,
Running Plex86 as root is likely dangerous and in any case
severely discouraged, so I don't see why an admin would want to have
/dev/plex86 chmod'ed 600, restricting Plex86 usage to the superuser.
Russel, I can see some conffiles in /etc/devfs/conf.d but they don't
belong to the devfsd package. Shouldn't i provide them myself?
I guess this is the proper line to do so:
REGISTER plex86 PERMISSIONS root.plex86 0660
Also policy specifies that the MAKEDEV script should be used
when a package needs device files. Are you sure if devfsd is
policy-compliant?
Upstream does it with mknod. Is it possible to create the plex86
device with MAKEDEV? In case it is i don't know how to do it
with MAKEDEV, someone could enlighten me?
Thanks,
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