devfs and changing device permissions

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Mon Jul 31 03:52:44 UTC 2006


Micah writes:

>  > 	If I want to permanently change the permissions for a device, I
>  > add en entry to /etc/devfs.conf.  Right?
>  
>  Depends. If the device is present when the system boots, yes.

	In this case, it's lpt0/


>  That said, I've never had problems using chmod for temporary
>  changes on device nodes.

	And it seems to have worked.
	Thanks.


				Robert Huff


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