From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 20 19:55:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3B714C4E for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:55:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA00475; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:55:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:55:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Julian Elischer Cc: John-Mark Gurney , "Matthew N. Dodd" , Wayne Cuddy , FreeBSD Hackers List Subject: Re: what is devfs? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > > one thing that HAS to happen is the fast that some devices CAN'T "appeare" > > until the devfsd says it can, unless we force a very restrictive permision > > on all devices (600 or something similar) otherwise we will have security > > wholes up the wazoo... don't forget about this... a devfsd daemon is > > definately the way to go... > > While I sharply disagree, with your assertion, I also point out that if > you make such a all-singing-all-dancing devfsd, then you might as well get > rid of devfs entirely, and just have devfsd make the devices using normal > mknod commands. You guys are going to rerun that whole argument, aren't you? Why don't you just see if there's a way that, if a user wants, they CAN have the devfsd, but otherwise you can do it in rc.conf. You get what you want, they get what they want. You wouldn't be required to write code you hate, just leave in a hook or two, so those folks who want the devfsd can have it. It wouldn't be so darn hard to cooperate, even if you thought the idea was insane, would it? You don't even have to write the code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message