Permissions on /dev/ttyS1 (Was: Re: debian 1.3.1 troubles)
I have been troubled with intermittently changed permissions on
/dev/ttyS1, and have been searching for some cron job that might have
caused it. Your comments about the pppd source gave me a clue. I
thought that if pppd changes these permissions, then restores them on
exit, an abnormal exit could cause the problem.
I just started ppp, then killed pppd with kill -9, and found that
the permissions on /dev/ttyS1 were now 640. Also, /var/run/ppp1.pid
and /var/lock/LCK..ttyS1 were still in place, which would be
problematical for some modem operations.
Why does pppd find it necessary to fiddle with these permissions
anyway?
Bob
you wrote:
>Joseph Carter writes:
>> Congratulations, you're now part of dialout and can now .. dialout! The
>> bad news is that SOMETHING at least on my machine keeps changing it back
>> to mode 640! This is naturally QUITE annoying. Seems the only one that
>> gets changed back is ttyS1, which leads me to believe pppd is doing it.
>> Not a clue how at the moment.
>
>From a quick glance at the source, pppd should save the mode and restore it
>on exit. I just tested this with pppd-2.3.3 on hamm. Seems to work.
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