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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    [Xorg] /dev/vc* permission changes
From:       Andrew Bevitt <andrew () volutin ! net>
Date:       2004-04-27 14:22:12
Message-ID: 200404280022.12278.andrew () volutin ! net
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Hi,

Im wondering if the process in xinit of chowning /dev/vc0 and vcX, X being the 
number of the next terminal to use, is really neccessary. I cannot find 
reason for this to actually happen... I put in a patch for the xfree-4.3.99 
tree that restored the owners, on Xserver shutdown, but if the server is 
killed (and you are not using udev) then the permissions are not restored 
still.

So I guess does anyone actually know why the devices are chowned, im thinking 
its leftover from older X versions but I honestly am pulling strings from the 
air here...

Thanks
Andrew


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