RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation)

Shawn Leas (SLEAS@videoupdate.com)
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:47:49 -0500


From: Stephen Frost [mailto:sfrost@mail.snowman.net]
Subject: RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation)

>> I don't think we want to complain that devfs is at fault for the fact
that
>> sudo access can be dangerous.

> So now the kludge of using sudo doesn't work, or at least is less
>secure than being able to chown/chmod /dev/fd0... So out goes that idea.

Damnit, you can, and it is persistant. Read the FAQ.

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