Well, I logged completely out, but the new permissions didn't take effect.
Perhaps, there were still users logged in? I thought it was only
*privileged* users. Anyway, I had to install a new disk, so I had to power
it down. Upon boot-up, it came back with the newly adjusted permissions.
All is well.
/mario
On Friday 24 September 2004 14:13, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> Yes, shame on me, right? RedHat does have some very nice documentation.
> Page 202, section 14.6.1 of the "Red Hat Linux Reference Guide" for version
> 9.0.
>
> This seems to be the issue. I just have to log completely out to give it a
> try. Since I've changed /etc/security/console.perms, I'll post my results
> later after I logout and log back in.
>
> /mario
>
> On Thursday 23 September 2004 20:20, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 13:49, Mario Lombardo wrote:
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> > > Anybody have an idea as to how a RedHat 9.0 system w/kernel 2.4.20-18.8
> > > could lose/reset permissions on a device, specifically /dev/dsp? Maybe
> > > devfs?? I changed the permissions a while back, and then they were
> > > reset. A reboot did not take place.
> > > Initial:
> > > crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Jan 30 2003 /dev/dsp
> > > After:
> > > crw-rw---- 1 root users 14, 3 Jan 30 2003 /dev/dsp
> > > Later (huh??):
> > > crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Jan 30 2003 /dev/dsp
> > > For now, I changed them to the following, but I don't think it'll help
> > > for long:
> > > crw------- 1 otheruser root 14, 3 Jan 30 2003 /dev/dsp
> > > /mario
> >
> > Who is logging into X or the console?
> >
> > Such permissions are affected by settings in:
> > /etc/security/console.perms
> >
> > They may be reset by console logins, cronjobs, etc...
> >
> > As always, consult the documentation for more information:
> > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/
>
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