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Date:      Sat, 11 Jan 1997 20:10:07 +0100
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: default permission for audio devices
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19970111201007.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970111131153.291A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>; from John Fieber on Jan 11, 1997 13:18:38 -0500
References:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970111131153.291A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>

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As John Fieber wrote:

> For devfs, do are there particular opinions of ideal default
> permissions and ownership?  Current default is 660 and 
> root.games.

I think DEVFS should create all devices 0600 root:wheel.  It's bogus
for the kernel to hard-code user or group names.  Everything else
should be handled at rc(8) time, which is also where the beloved
persistency will come into the game.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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