[gentoo-dev] Devfs permissions ?! [was:Permissions to dial out ?]

[Viktor Lakics <lakicsv@usa.net>]

Jerry,

I tried chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0, and suddenly everything worked. I was
able to dial out as a normal user. I was happy. Then I rebooted and
the problem came back. The permissions changed back to what it was.
It seems to be that they are automatically generated at boot time.

Now what?

I know nothing about devfs, but I now that I have this thing mounted
automatically (I guess is built in the kernel - I do nor have to
pass anything to grub). Is it possible that I have to set the
permissions somehow through this devfs?!

If yes, how? What is the utility to do that?

Viktor




On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 04:54:45AM -0400, Jerry A! wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:41:21AM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
> : Thanks Jerry,
> : 
> : I will look into it (the suid issue) tonight when I get home.
> : 
> : BTW I use wvdial and kppp, both has this issue.
> 
> Aren't those both frontends to pppd?  What happens when you try to
> fire-up pppd as a user and not as root?  Also, do you have pppd
> listening for incoming connections at the same time that you're trying
> to dial out?
> 
> Just some more stuff to try out.
> 
>         --Jerry
> 
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