/dev Permissions

Bryce C plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
26 Jul 2002 18:02:32 -0700


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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> > Bryce Chidester
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