Bug 27265
| Summary: | binary upgrade to 4.3R doesn't preserve device permissions | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | a <a> |
| Component: | misc | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | 4.3-RELEASE | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
a
2001-05-11 11:00:05 UTC
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 02:59:05AM -0700, a@b.com wrote: > > >Number: 27265 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: binary upgrade to 4.3R doesn't preserve device permissions > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Fri May 11 03:00:05 PDT 2001 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: christian > >Release: 4.3-RELEASE > >Organization: > >Environment: > FreeBSD hp0.pacbell.net 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Apr 30 12:47:33 PDT 2001 root@hp0.pacbell.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/HP9780C-LITE i386 > >Description: > the permissions on /dev/bpf* were reset when i used sysinstall > to do a binary upgrade from 4.2R to 4.3R. > > i like to have them set to g+r so i don't have to run everything > as root. Yes, this is as expected. The upgrade procedure needs to remake the devices to deal with device nodeswhich have changed, as well as adding new ones. There's no easy way for it to know that you made a local customization which you want to be maintainer after the upgrade. Perhaps what you really want here is fbtab(5), or a local customization script which you can use to customize device permissions. Kris State Changed From-To: open->closed This is expected behavior. |
