Robert Siemer writes:
> Is there any reason to let the default permissions so unrestictive??
> E.g. line printer and scsi tape are world read-/writeable by default!
Of course. Convenience.
> Here you need to change them anyway, so it would be very reasonable
> to start with root.root 600.
What do you mean "here you need to change them anyway"?
> Okay, it's not the fault of devfs core, but why are drivers
> registering their nodes this way?
Convenience. Is there a real problem with the relaxed default? On most
Unix systems I've used, the tape devices are rw-rw-rw-. The sysadmin
does not want to be bothered by user requests "can you please give me
access to the tape drive so I can back up my data?".
Regards,
Richard....
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