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From: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: permissions on /dev/sd*
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote:

> Because the underlying mountpoint is owned by root:wheel.  It's a matter
> of dismounting the drives, chown root:operator /mountpoint and remounting.

That seems a more than a little dumb.  Why should the permissions on my
mountpoints have anything to do with the /dev nodes?  Methinks they should
be mutually exclusive... 

Evan