/dev Permissions

Devfs is default in Mandrake 8.2. I didn't know it could trigger
programs like to rsync my MP3 players (it's a jukebox type) with my
local copy. Thanks. I had asked about this before but got no response
but this is exactly what i'm looking for.


On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 17:32, Brian Cluff wrote:
> On a similar not, have a look at devfsd if you havent already. It's one
> of the coolest things. You have have it trigger programs to run
> whenever a certain device comes online.... most useful for USB stuff.
> Also a good way to make sure that stupid /dev/dsp file is always there,
> and doesn't go missing like some mandrake's will let it :)
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 16:32, Bryce C wrote:
> > Ok, this is really lame replying to myself but I continued digging and I
> > found the magic files in /etc/security/ (duh). Sorry for wasting the
> > bandwidth.
> >
> > On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 16:17, Bryce C wrote:
> > > Could someone please tell me how to at least keep group permissions for
> > > /dev/sound/ rwx? Occacsionaly, somewhere deep in a MDK8.2 config file
> > > is a section saying which permissions should be on what files. Whenever
> > > I chmod 777 -R /dev/sounnd/ , It changes back a little while later.
> > > Could someone tell me what this is at least so I can tell it I'm
> > > competent and I want my sound to work.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bryce Chidester
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> > > CoBryce Communications
> > > Bryce AT BryceCo DOT Net
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> > Bryce Chidester
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> >
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