Re: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev
Kevin Lentin (kevinl@cs.monash.edu.au)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:26:57 +1100
On Tue, Jan 06, 1998 at 12:24:49AM +1100, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > What about this use case:
> >
> > user opens device
> > hourly cron job snapshots owners and modes in /dev
> > system crashes
> > system reboots
> > init-job restores owners and modes in /dev
>
> Good point. Yeah, you probably really want open_pty() instead. But, as
Just make the init-job above ignore pty devices. Or the cron job. Or both.
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