John Hasler wrote:
D-Man writes:Why do you say the [/dev/modem] link is a bad idea (serious question)?Locking.
There was a discussion on this a couple of years ago; last I heard, Debian had just about that time become smart enough to check a symbolic link and lock the files appropriately. Still, I'm not sure this is correct info, so I'd err on the safe side with John and not use links for these devices.