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From: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
To: Clemens Schwaighofer <cs@tequila.co.jp>
Subject: Re: procfs permissions on 2.6.x
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> Well perhaps I am on the wrong track but eg /proc/bus/usb/002/005 is my
> digital camera and unless its either world rw or owned by me (user) I
> can't get any pictures unless I make myself root.
> 
> So yes, I would want to have chown/chmod in procfs ...

Hi Clemens, that isn't procfs, it's usbfs.  It's been plonked (*) on top of a procfs
directory, but that doesn't matter.

Ciao,

Duncan.

(*)  I believe the technical term is "mounted".