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Re: Permissions db in "mounted-over /dev" <-> "normal directory"

To: Robert Siemer <siemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Permissions db in "mounted-over /dev" <-> "normal directory"
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:40:02 -0600
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Robert Siemer writes:
> From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Robert Siemer writes:
> 
> > > And as "mounted-over /dev" needs a new mount and recent kernel:
> > > what's its gain?
> > 
> > - You don't need to copy inodes from /dev to /dev-state
> 
> Uh? And what is this doing instead?:
>  CHANGE   .*   COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname
>  CREATE   .*   COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname

I meant *during setup*! When you first create /dev-state, you need to
copy permissions from /dev to /dev-state manually.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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