On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:16, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Since kernel 2.6.32.7 is out with the proper fix to devtmpfs, you will >> have to setup yourself /dev to permissions mode 01777. > > I see > > if ! mount -t devtmpfs -omode=0755 udev /dev >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > in dracut code. I hope that nobody use writeable /dev in some > distribution. Kay? No, they don't. The 01777 is the default for every tmpfs since forever That's why it needs to be specified. In teh devtmpfs case, where the kernel mounts it, which can happen only if no initramfs is used, the directory needed to be chmod()ed. This is no longer needed now, since we added this directly to the devtmpfs kernel mount call. Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
