[TAG] lpr works for user not root in Basiclinux 2.1

MNZ mnzaki at gmail.com
Mon Mar 26 22:07:36 MSD 2007


On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 01:38:24PM -0400, Sindi Keesan wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, MNZ wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 01:00:44PM -0400, Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >>I am still getting spontaneous permission resets on this other computer
> >>with /dev/ttyS1 as 'root tty'  'root root'  or 'root users'.
> >>
> >>Any ideas other than resetting permissions in an rc file when I boot?
> >>Is there a file I can use to reset permissions when I login as a user?
> >
> >I wasn't following this from the start but,
> >Ypu aren't by any chance using udevd are you??
> 
> Unlikely, since I don't even know what udevd is or does.  But thanks for 
> the idea.  You did not post to TAG, just to me.

udev handles devices, it populates /dev on startup. The permissions would
be reset each time you reboot and set again by udev rules.

Actually I sent the messages to TAG and forget CCing it to you, so I sent 
you the same again.
 
> This is a small Slackware 7.1 based distribution designed to be run as 
> root.


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