Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 01:42:27 -0500 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Changing permissions of /dev/usb[n] to 664? Message-ID: <20041107064227.GA79915@crodrigues.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi,
Is there any particular reason to leave the
permissions of /dev/usb[n] at 660 instead of 664?
That would allow non-root users to run usbdevs
to list the USB devices on the system.
--- usb.c.orig Sun Nov 7 01:41:43 2004
+++ usb.c Sun Nov 7 01:41:56 2004
@@ -320,11 +320,11 @@
/* The per controller devices (used for usb_discover) */
/* XXX This is redundant now, but old usbd's will want it */
sc->sc_usbdev = make_dev(&usb_cdevsw, device_get_unit(self), UID_ROOT,
- GID_OPERATOR, 0660, "usb%d", device_get_unit(self));
+ GID_OPERATOR, 0664, "usb%d", device_get_unit(self));
if (usb_ndevs++ == 0) {
/* The device spitting out events */
usb_dev = make_dev(&usb_cdevsw, USB_DEV_MINOR, UID_ROOT,
- GID_OPERATOR, 0660, "usb");
+ GID_OPERATOR, 0664, "usb");
}
#endif
--
Craig Rodrigues
http://crodrigues.org
rodrigc@crodrigues.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041107064227.GA79915>