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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:17:02 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1R MAKEDEV patch?
Message-ID:  <199602010317.OAA07238@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>  - changes the st* devices (raw, norewind and eject) to allow members
>    of the group to write them.  Otherwise, owner (root) would be required
>    to perform dumps, etc.
>  - changes the control devices for st* (i.e. st*ctl.*) to prevent anyone
>    BUT the owner from accessing them.  This is now consistent with all
>    other *ctl devices in the script.

This is in -current.  Someone should copy it to -stable after it has been
tested a bit.

>  - explicitly chmod the lpctl and pcaudioctl devices to 600 (even though
>    the script's umask causes them to be 600, anyway!)

No, the umask is reliable and is relied on in many other places.

Bruce



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