Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device alloc ation) )

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Thu, 07 Oct 1999 19:14:14 -0400

Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> said:
> On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Horst von Brand wrote:

> > > The use of a config file to determine permissions/ownership is not
> > > foreign to the kernel or filesystems.

> > Name one use of configuration files for local permissions/ownership on
> > Unix/Linux.

> /etc/passwd, /etc/group

Those describe users and groups, not permissions per se.

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