Re: Necessary Permissions in /dev

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandrakesoft com>]

Le mar 23/04/2002 à 22:53, Daniel Lyddy a écrit :
> Hello:
> 
> I have a Handspring Visor Deluxe running PalmOS 3.1H.  It is connected 
> via USB to my workstation, which is running a stock Mandrake 8.2 
> distribution, with the following RPMs installed:
> 
> gnome-pilot-conduits-0.8-1mdk
> jpilot-0.99.1-0.9mdk
> gnome-pilot-0.1.64-3mdk
> pilot-link-0.9.5-8mdk
> evolution-pilot-1.0.3-1mdk
> libpilot-link4-0.9.5-8mdk
> libgnome-pilot1-0.1.64-3mdk
> 
> None of the sync functions want to work unless I set the owner of 
> /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 to be the current user.  On a multi-user 
> system this is clearly unworkable.

We use pam console system to assign ownership of /dev/ttyUSB* (same
thing for sound, etc..)

Using pam console means: the first user to log physically on the system
gets console access and nobody else will get console rights until the
first user logs off (same in Redhat..)
> 
> I am not using devfs on this system because of other crippling problems 
> that crop up when I enable that feature.

If you have problem with devfs, report your problem to Mandrake..

Default Mandrake config is shipped with devfs enabled and we recommend
it..


-- 
Frédéric Crozat
MandrakeSoft