On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:26 -0400, pking123@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I found I was able to use JPilot, and it appears to do what I want. > But I seem to have run into a "feature" in FC4 which resets the > permissions on /dev/ttyS0 to 660 from 666. > > I have looked through the kernel docs, and I do not suspect the > kernel is doing this. Any suggestions as to what is responsible for > resetting these permissions, and how do I make these changes > permanent? > > Paul King Hi Paul, You are battling with udev.... Turns out that every time you reboot, the /dev/ directory is wiped out. The files are regenerated by udev when the system boots or you and I dynamically plug something in. Now you can look to manipulate the udev rules to automatically create your symlink of /dev/pilot, for example, there are several examples in the archives. But the system should probably already have a rule to assign the "logged-in user" as the owner of the serial port or any dynamically created USB ports.... You can see some of this in /etc/udev/rules.d/.... --Rob
