Re: procfs permissions on 2.6.x

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On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 10:50:19AM +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
> Well perhaps I am on the wrong track but eg /proc/bus/usb/002/005 is my
> digital camera and unless its either world rw or owned by me (user) I
> can't get any pictures unless I make myself root.
> 
> So yes, I would want to have chown/chmod in procfs ...

... except that /proc/bus/usb/* is not in procfs.  BTW, it makes more sense
to change GID of the file in question and make it group-writable, adding the
users who are allowed to mess with it into the group.
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