Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
16 Jun 1999 12:45:59 -0400

>>>>> "Werner" == Werner Almesberger <almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch> writes:
> Then simply refuse any direct chown/chmod by the user. Once people are
> used to it, they may actually like it better.

Too absolutist: I like to change ownership of "user devices" (floppy,
sound card, ...) when a user logs in.
This change does not need to (should not) be persistent, though.

Stefan

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