On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:02 -0400, Robert Locke wrote: > 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/.... > --- YMMV you might want to check out this web site... http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules KERNEL="ttyUSB1",SYMLINK="pilot" # cat /etc/udev/permissions.d/10-udev.permissions #set Palm Pilot rwx pilot*:craig:usb:0666 Craig
