Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:15:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: permissions on /dev/sd* Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117001526.9641T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114205149.1811B-100000@cello.synapse.net>
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Evan Champion wrote: > 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... Did I misunderstand the question? I thought you could mount an FS but wanted to change the perms on who accessed it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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