From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:31:15 +0000 Subject: Bug#286040: please allow permissions.d to follow symlinks Message-Id: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org ----- Forwarded message from martin f krafft ----- Subject: Bug#286040: please allow permissions.d to follow symlinks Reply-To: martin f krafft , 286040@bugs.debian.org From: martin f krafft Package: udev Version: 0.048-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream A rule like BUS="scsi", SYSFS\{model\}="FLASH", KERNEL="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="flash" works, but a corresponding entry like flash:root:flash:0660 in a permissions.d file does not -- it tries to change the permissions of the symlink instead. Permissions on a symlink are irrelevant, so I suggest that udev instead follows the symlink before applying permissions. Thanks, [...] -- .''`. martin f. krafft : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ciao, | Marco | [9855 cow8caHUN5tm2] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel