Re: [PATCH 2/3] mem.4: correct /dev/port group in example

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 01/02/2015 02:11 PM, Elie De Brauwer wrote:
> mem.4 mentions that group for /dev/port should be set to 'mem' however
> all other files (/dev/mem and /dev/kmem) use the kmem group in their
> examples and on my system /dev/port belongs to kmem. Hence the 'mem'
> group was probably a typo:

Sounds reasonable to me. Patch Applied. Thanks, Elie.

Cheers,

Michael



> edb@lapelidb:~$ cat /etc/group | grep -i mem
> kmem:x:15:
> edb@lapelidb:~$ ls -al /dev/port
> crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Jan  2 10:00 /dev/port
> 
> Signed-off-by: Elie De Brauwer <eliedebrauwer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man4/mem.4 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man4/mem.4 b/man4/mem.4
> index fef007e..6688345 100644
> --- a/man4/mem.4
> +++ b/man4/mem.4
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ It is typically created by:
>  .sp
>  mknod \-m 660 /dev/port c 1 4
>  .br
> -chown root:mem /dev/port
> +chown root:kmem /dev/port
>  .RE
>  .SH FILES
>  .I /dev/mem
> 


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