Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:57:43 +0100 (BST) From: Andrew Gordon <arg-bsd@arg1.demon.co.uk> To: <jdhar@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PPI user rights Message-ID: <20020709185541.V25196-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200207090237.g692b1h15131@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 jdhar@engmail.uwaterloo.ca wrote: > I have a question regarding the rights to access the PPI 'geek' > interface. As far as i know, you need to be root to access this > device. Is there any way for a non-priveladged user to access this > besides setting the user id on the binary? The Have you tried simply chmod or chown on /dev/ppi0 ? I can't see anything in the code that makes it superuser only, but the default for /dev/ppi0 is 600, root:wheel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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