Re: URGENT: permissions of /dev/ttyS? are constantly getting reset
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:25:06AM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote:
> Nico De Ranter wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I'm installing a little ppp server for a special project. The ppp daemon
> > needs to be started by a non-root user. I've added the user to the dialout
> > group however the default permission are:
> >
> > crw-r----- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Nov 30 16:23 /dev/ttyS0
> >
> > in stead of
> >
> > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Nov 30 16:23 /dev/ttyS0
> >
> > I tried chmod but the next time I reboot the permissions are reset to
> > crw-r----- again. How can I switch off this behaviour? Having the user
> > log in as root is really not an option.
>
> if it were my box i'd just make a script and have it execute as the last thing
> on boot and change the permissions back.
I'm not realy sure whether it's something at boot time or from a cron job. I know there
are some pesky little scripts that insist on doing some security checks from cron.daily.
Anyway, I'll try it, thanks.
Nico
>
> nate
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