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[mds@paradyne.com (Mark D. Studebaker )]

devfs could be it. no other good ideas at the moment.

David wrote:
> ls -l /proc/sys/dev/sensors
> total 0
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:05 chips
> dr-xr-xr-x    2 root     root            0 Jun  2 09:49 via686a-isa-6000
> 
> ls -l /proc/sys/dev/sensors/via*
> total 0
> -r--r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 alarms
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 fan1
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 fan2
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 fan_div
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 in0
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 in1
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 in2
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 in3
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 in4
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 temp1
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 temp2
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:06 temp3
> 
> But even when I change the via686a-isa-6000 folder to have root write 
> permissions it doesn't work.
> 
> ls -l /proc/sys/dev/sensors
> total 0
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jun  2 10:07 chips
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root            0 Jun  2 09:49 via686a-isa-6000
> 
> So still get: 
> sensors -s
> via686a-isa-6000: Can't access /proc file for writing;
> Run as root?
> 
> I don't think the permission is staying either. Would devfs have something to 
> do with this?
>