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Subject: Re: [DEVFS] your opinions sought!
To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 19:52:39 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <9504191809.AA19232@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 19, 95 12:09:27 pm
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> Ownership and permissions should be specified by the device itself as
> part of the registration information.

Not always practical. For example:

chgroup system /dev/tty* /dev/cua)
chown dialer /dev/cua03

chgrp backups /dev/rsd*
chmod g+r /dev/rsd*