Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:36:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:35:49 -0500 Received: from sproxy.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:18859 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:35:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:35:28 +0100 From: Rene Rebe To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] / ALSA-0.9.0beta[9,10] Message-Id: <20011207003528.1448673e.rene.rebe@gmx.net> Organization: FreeSourceCommunity ;-) X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. At least since 2.4.17-pre4 and -pre5 devfs is not handling permissions in the right way with ALSA: rene@jackson:/dev > l dsp sound/dsp ls: sound/dsp: Permission denied lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 7 00:14 dsp -> sound/dsp rene@jackson:/dev > cd sound/ bash: cd: sound/: Permission denied rene@jackson:/dev > rene@jackson:/dev > l snd ls: snd/..: Permission denied ls: snd/.: Permission denied ls: snd/controlC0: Permission denied ls: snd/controlC1: Permission denied ls: snd/timer: Permission denied ls: snd/midiC0D0: Permission denied ls: snd/pcmC0D2p: Permission denied ls: snd/pcmC0D1c: Permission denied ls: snd/pcmC0D0p: Permission denied ls: snd/pcmC0D0c: Permission denied ls: snd/midiC1D0: Permission denied ls: snd/pcmC1D0p: Permission denied ls: snd/pcmC1D0c: Permission denied total 0 They all have 666 (or 777 for dirs)! It is possible to this as root. Also loading the modules gives me: Dec 7 00:31:58 jackson kernel: devfs: devfs_register(unknown): could not append to parent, err: -17 k33p h4ck1n6 Ren? -- Ren? Rebe (Registered Linux user: #248718 ) eMail: rene.rebe@gmx.net rene@rocklinux.org Homepage: http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~s712059/index.html Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mail to this address will be charged $25 for network traffic and computing time. By extracting my address from this message or its header, you agree to these terms. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/