From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:50:47 +0000 Subject: Re: Bug#286040: please allow permissions.d to follow symlinks Message-Id: <20041217155047.GA18167@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> In-Reply-To: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 03:52:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Kay Sievers [2004.12.17.1545 +0100]: > > > > If yes, please point me to the chmod() of a symlink. I will > > > > fix it. > > > I was giving an example. > > And where is the pointer to the code to proof your loud/proud > > claim? > > Why do you need a pointer? Please consider standard usage scenarios > instead! > > You are defending the integrity of your code when I try to tell you > that it does not optimally service the user. Your code is fine, I am > arguing that you should take a different perspective to permissions > management: a perspective that is pragmatic, not theoretical and > pedantic. Oh my word. Sorry, but Kay is correct. udev isn't going to be changed to modify the permissions of the target of the symlink. udev has the capability to properly change the permissions based on a rule or a external program. Please use that facitilty to do what you want it to do. > > > If you ask me, permissions.d list should be extended by inner > > > join with the symlinks list for each node. Then I would not have > > > to touch symlinks and only the actual device pointed to gets > > > changed. > > > > I don't ask you. Please try to convince somebody else. > > Oh bother, why is it that open source developers always assume that > they are smarter than the rest of the world? When obviously, the open source users are the smarter ones. Sorry for forgetting this fact. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ 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