From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:53:44 +0000 Subject: Re: udev - TODO update Message-Id: <20040213225344.GB16107@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20040212234538.GC21117@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20040212234538.GC21117@vrfy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:59:26AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > - keep track of current permissions on devices when daemon shuts down. > > > > > > Hmm, what is this? > > > > When the /etc/init.d/udev script shuts down we need to save any > > permission changes that have been done to the device nodes. That way a > > user can do: > > chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1 > > and we will pick this change up the next time we boot up. > > Sounds a bit fragile and is it really needed? I don't really know, but some people thought it was a long time ago. > We can't preserve the node permissions on simple device > disconnect/connect cycle this way, but want to do it during reboot? Maybe we should do something on disconnect? Anyone really want this? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel