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Re: little whole on Suns concerning /dev/kbd

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lack Mr G M)
Tue Dec 12 14:37:41 1995

Date:         Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:55:50 +0000
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From: Lack Mr G M <gml4410@ggr.co.uk>
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In-Reply-To:  James Poland <poland@CAM4.GSFC.NASA.GOV> "Re: little whole on
              Suns concerning /dev/kbd" (Dec 11,  7:11am)

> For Solaris 2.x, use the file /etc/logindevperm.
> Mine includes the lines:
>
> /dev/console    0600    /dev/mouse:/dev/kbd
> /dev/console    0600    /dev/sound/*            # audio devices
> /dev/console    0600    /dev/fbs/*              # frame buffers

     But presumably this only works if you login on /dev/console?  If you are
using xdm then you will need to edit the Xstartup file to set the owner and
permission bits (and you should also reset then - ie. give them back to root -
in the Xreset file).

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