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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 12:51:51 -0700
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 12:39:48PM -0700, Bob Smith wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >>  *    sudo chmod 666 /dev/proxyout /dev/proxyctrl
> >That's mighty permissive :(
> For a demo it might be OK.

You ignored my mknod comment.

Also, no, setting the permissions like this is not ok for a real system,
what is going to be in charge of setting the permissions on these random
device nodes?

greg k-h