Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device alloc ation) )

Jesse Pollard (pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil)
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:56:20 -0500 (CDT)


>> > Name one use of configuration files for local permissions/ownership on
>> > Unix/Linux.
>
>> /etc/passwd, /etc/group
>
>Those describe users and groups, not permissions per se.

/etc/fstab is a better one:

/dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 user,ro,exec,nosuid,nodev,uid=<nnn> 0 0

The "ro" is read only mode., the uid option defines the owner of the files. (FAT FS)
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Jesse I Pollard, II
Email: pollard@navo.hpc.mil

Any opinions expressed are solely my own.

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