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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Devfs permissions ?! [was:Permissions to dial out ?]
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:24:42PM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
> 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?!

Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc5 contains a system to store permissions, but in
order for it to work, you must *not* enable the "Automatically mount
devfs at kernel boot" option.  If you fix your kernel so that this
option is disabled, then your perms should get stored.  This bug will
be fixed in 1.0_rc6.

Best Regards,

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Gentoo Technologies, Inc.