Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 12:52:15AM +0100, Joerg Anslik wrote:
>
>>Before we start quoting our favorite man pages here, I think a simple
>>"devperms.local" or so with something like
>>
>>nsa* 660
>>pass0 660
>>pass1 600
>>fridge 644
>
>
> Well, make it three columns: device owner:gid permission.
>
And another for pass/priority/sequencing control?
Shouldn't have to cut 'n paste the entire line or block to another spot.
That sort of editing can get dodgy over the wire.
> It might be dangerous to support per-device permissions, since they can
> change, but it should be enough to add a big fat warning to the beginning
> of the example file.
ACK. Anything can change once wetware logs-in.
Basically a startup-time tool.
>
> Thinking a bit more about it, we might split the MAKEDEV script into
> a small C program which reads three config files:
> /etc/defaults/makedev.conf
> /etc/defaults/makedev.groups
> /etc/makedev.conf
>
> The makedev.conf contains mappings of the form:
> device_name permission owner group b/c major minor
> (with default values field from right to left in /etc/makedev.conf)
>
> It might include some formular support for major minor like
> adAsBZ 640 root wheel c (A + 116) (Z * 0x1000 + B)
> (with A .. D being digits and X..Z being letters)
>
> But this might of course be overengineered.
>
> Joerg
..... ?? not quite awake here yet.... I think I shall go sit down...
Bill