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Date:      Fri, 14 Nov 1997 20:53:51 -0500 (EST)
From:      Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: permissions on /dev/sd*
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114205149.1811B-100000@cello.synapse.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114174956.4473J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote:

> Because the underlying mountpoint is owned by root:wheel.  It's a matter
> of dismounting the drives, chown root:operator /mountpoint and remounting.

That seems a more than a little dumb.  Why should the permissions on my
mountpoints have anything to do with the /dev nodes?  Methinks they should
be mutually exclusive... 

Evan





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