[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       linux-hotplug
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] multple rules files support/symlink rules support
From:       Greg KH <greg () kroah ! com>
Date:       2004-02-03 1:04:20
Message-ID: 20040203010420.GC2340 () kroah ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:44:53PM +0100, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> 
> please take a look in the attached files
> 
> - the first should create layout as the one of static /dev (00-lsb)
> - the second adds  devfs symlinks (01-devfs)
> - additional one's could be used by the configuration 
>   tools of the distribution( e.g. to create /dev/cd-writer or /dev/dvd)
> - and at the end would come the personal  rules of the 
>   owner of the system
> 
> in this way the device would be accessable from the standard 
> static /dev, devfs, and the additional system/personal  namespaces
> 
> in this way, if the owner changes only his rule file, he can not harm the
> system
> he only add's a personal symlink, devices are created as in static dev, 
> with symlink for devfs 

But the "owner" is the "system", right?  They are really the same
person.  I think it looks like a neat hack to be able to add symlinks,
but I can't see a real use for it in the world.

Take a look at /etc/fstab, or any of the other system wide config files
in /etc.  They don't provide a place that a user can add more items in
another file, do they?  All that is needed is to modify the original
file to add your new items.

thanks,

greg k-h


-------------------------------------------------------
The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004
Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration
See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA.
http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn
_______________________________________________
Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list  http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net
Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]