Re: Q: device(file) permissions for USB

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:30:50PM +0100, Rene Rebe wrote:
> 
> This is what I do - but IT SUCKS!! Can't the USB stuff simply use devfs so
> I can control the permissions of this USB nodes in a very nice / cleaner
> way I do with all my other stuff??? (In contrast to use some find -name
> | xargs chmod ... or simillar hacks ...)

How is using devfs (and devfsd) any different in "hack level" from using
/sbin/hotplug?

usbdevfs does not require devfs, which enables the majority of Linux
users to actually use it.

thanks,

greg k-h