From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 11:39:01 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] Device special files In-Reply-To: References: <1517946499.3717582.1261737872.3DC598F2@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180207012556.GL30690@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Arthur Krewat wrote: > My understanding is that udev is an elaboration on devfs on Linux that > includes a rules engine that supports things like assigning set names to > specific devices, setting permissions, group/user ownership and the > like. [...] Thanks for that; I only have the Penguin for porting porpoises, not for daily use. I write stuff on the Mac (because the USB ports are right in front of me), test it on a known reliable server like FreeBSD, then go and see what the penguins have broken this time...[*] [*] Yes, I do have a certain amount of contempt for a userbase that blithely ignores and rewrites history to the utter exclusion of Unix, such as over on Wikipedia where they claimed that they were the first to use "/dev/fb" to access the frame buffer; I've since corrected that arrant nonsense. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."