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Date:      Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:08:35 -0500
From:      "Michael Scheidell" <scheidell@secnap.net>
To:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Problem with 4.4-STABLE and MakeDev permissions?
Message-ID:  <006701c197a6$5412ad40$2801010a@MIKELT>

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After doing a CVSup RELENG_4_4 and mergemaster (and running revised MAKEDEV)
I found that at least two devices did not have their permissions set
correctly.

First was /dev/kmem

on FBSD 4.3, it was crw-r-----  1 root  kmem

on FBSD 4.4 AFTER RELENG_4_4 CVSupdate and merge, it was:
crw-------  1 root  kmem

This prevented 'top' from running as non root

Also, /dev/null was set to
crw-------  1 root  wheel
and NOT
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel
like it should

This cause all kinds of very weird problems (I found it because 'elm'
running as non root could not send out email)


Michael Scheidell
Secnap Network Security, LLC
scheidell@secnap.net 1+(561) 368-9561
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