Re: chmod 660 on /dev/pass*

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joerg Anslik wrote:

> Yeah,
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> > Gets my vote!
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> That makes two in total so far. :)
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> > - perhaps read-in by MAKEDEV so as to 'reach out and touch'
> > perms and such?
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> Why not...an extra file containing local overrides should be easy to

*SNIP*

> Anyway, I like this idea!
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> > - Or are we [ re-inventing | improving upon] device hints?
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> Probably overkill, IMHO.
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> --j

I like approaches that keep the sysadmin out of the lower-reaches
of the engine room, and don't require complex editors or a GUI toolset.

As with fstab, this could be a clean way to provide a terse, clean interface
in a predictable place.

One easily edited via ssh, or explained in a fax or such when
'remote hands' are involved, as the site-techs are usually rather
 junior and Win or Lin 'spurts - not *BSD anyway.

Bill