Re: /proc/misc has bad mode

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 03:05:45 +0100

In linux.dev.kernel, article <DqF825.7uL.0.omega-3@interaccess.com>,
rnichols@interaccess.com (Robert Nichols) writes:
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> something that would require a change. It is also unlikely that such
> a directory would get included in routine backups.
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That depends on how you do your backups. Decent backup programs still h=
ave
no choice but to read the device directly (because of atime/ctime,
otherwise you can't preserve both) and would thus be able to save it.

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